Research

The Sir Lawrence Wackett Defence and Aerospace Centre enables RMIT to bring together its world-class infrastructure and research strengths in solving complex problems of today and anticipating the challenges of tomorrow.

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Impact in Sea, Air, Land, Space & Cyber

Research enablers

Supporting Research Infrastructure

Multi-Disciplinary Material Science and Sustainment

• Centre for Advanced Defence – Structures and Materials Experimentation
• Advanced Manufacturing Precinct (AMP)
• Multifunctional Composites Research Group; Functional Materials & Microsystems Research Group
• Centre for Additive Manufacturing (CAM)
• Centre for Innovative Structures & Materials (CISM)
• Centre for Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry (CAMIC)
• Advanced Composites Manufacturing CRC (ACM CRC)
• ARC Centres of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems (TMOS)
• Digital Innovation Hub – Industry 4.0

Information, Sensors and High-Speed Flight Systems

• Integrated Photonics and Applications Centre (InPAC)
• ARC CoE for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology
• ARC CoE in Optical Microcombs for Breakthrough Science (COMBS)
• Radio Frequency, Antennas and Radars Group, Electronic warfare
• Functional Materials and Microsystems Research Group
• Quantum Sensing group, photonic chips and sensors
• High Speed Flight Group and Propulsion Laboratory
• Precision Quantum Sensing (PQS)
• Optical Gyroscopes for Autonomous Navigation

Trusted Autonomy and Cyber / Physical Systems

• Flight Sciences and Digital Twin
• Trusted Autonomous Systems Defence CRC (TASDCRC)
• CSIRO/Data61 Next Generation Graduate Scholarship Programs in Aerospace and Defence
• Trusted Autonomy and Human-Machine Teaming and Swarming
• RACE AWS, AR/VR/MR Lab, and AI Innovation Hub
• Multi-agent coordination for undersea surveillance
• CDU / RMIT TESTLAB and Flight-Testing Centre
• Prototyping and Wind Tunnels
• Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation (CCSRI) and Blockchain Technologies