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Australia To Fund Seven Promising Technologies

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Monday, June 29th, 2009

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Australia will fund seven innovative technologies to keep the defense forces on the cutting edge, Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, said on June 26. The promising proposals will be developed under the Capability & Technology Demonstrator (CTD) Program managed by the Defence Science and Technology Organization. "These projects are a combination of brand-new technologies and novel applications for existing technologies," Combet said. "It is research like this that helps our [Australian Defence Force] ADF maintain their…

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