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Defence Materials Technology Centre
The Defence Materials Technology Centre is a partnership between industry, universities, government research agencies and Commonwealth and State Governments.
The University of Wollongong (UOW) will play a major role in the new $85 million centre designed to give Australian industry a leading edge in winning national and international defence contracts. UOW is the only NSW University participating in the new centre. UOW will lead the Armour Applications program and Professor John Norrish from UOW is now a Board Member of the Centre..
UOW researchers will be developing new materials for land, sea and air defence platforms. Significant outcomes to be delivered include improved armour protection for military personnel carriers and new high-tech materials for use in major defence acquisitions, such as the Joint Strike Fighter.
The DMTC will receive $30 million in Commonwealth Government funding over the next seven years, with the remaining funding coming from the collaborative partners. It is the first to be established under the Defence Future Capability Technology Centre Program, modelled on the Commonwealth’s successful Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Program.
Visit the DMTC website at: http://www.dmtc.com.au/
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> Further Information for people in Industry (1046KB .pdf)
> Further information for UOW researchers (1050KB .pdf)