Associate Xiaoke Yi demonstrates her research project to Minister for Defence Science and Personnel Warren Snowdon.
A University of Sydney research program focussed on photonic signal processing to improve defence capability is among a handful of projects to receive federal government funding announced today by Minister for Defence Science and Personnel Warren Snowdon. Mr Snowdon made the announcement at the University of Sydney's School of Electrical and Information Engineering , where technology related to one of the proposals funded was demonstrated. Associate Xiaoke Yi , a QEII Fellow at the University's Institute of Photonics and Optical Science , was among the group that will share up to $13 million committed under the Capability and Technology Demonstrator Program. Managed by the Defence Science and Technology Organisation, the program supports Australian industry to develop and demonstrate new technologies that could contribute to defence capability. "Eight technology proposals were selected this year to demonstrate possible defence applications," Mr Snowdon said. "By supporting these proposals, we create the potential to advance defence capability, produce innovative products for defence and civilian use, and stimulate Australian industry growth. "That proposal will leverage the latest developments in photonic signal processing to enable very small and fast-moving targets to be quickly discerned even in unpredictable battlefield scenarios when there is a significant amount of signal clutter," he said.
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