Australian Aerospace industry

does australia have a R&D department within its MOD?

they just brought out a new turbojet UAV Cybird 2

but what other things have they done?

Aircraft Developed For Unique Tracking System

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A high speed, highly maneuverable unmanned aircraft developed for a unique Australian tracking and guidance system has been successfully demonstrated to the defense community at the **** Smith Private Airfield at Canberra.

To ensure the technology remains in Australia and available to the Australian Defence Force, DSTO and ADI are providing the funding for an R&D program to demonstrate its feasibility for tracking, navigation and guidance systems.

Using an earlier version of Cybird, the biomimetic (insect vision based) algorithm developed by DSTO has been successfully tested by DSTO and ADI in tracking a moving target traveling at low speed across the ground.

The turbo-jet powered Cybird 2 will be used next month to track a target towed across the ground at Woomera. The aircraft’s speed and maneuverability will enable a demanding demonstration of this innovative tracking system and will provide the basis for future applications of interest to Defence.