|
|
Article: Australia Invites Industry And Academia To Assist Enhancement of ADF Capability.(Australian Defence Force)(Rapid Prototyping Development and Evaluation Program)
- Article from:
- Defense Daily
- Article date:
- January 23, 2007
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2007 Access Intelligence, LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Australia yesterday announced the Rapid Prototyping Development and Evaluation Program (RPDE) a new defense program to improve Australian Defence Force (ADF) capabilities.
Bruce Billson, Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence (MoD), issued an invitation to Australian industry to apply to join the new collaboration among Defence, industry and academia. In September Billson announced funding of up to $47 million over the next three years to support it. Already, the program has enlisted the support of 83 industry and academic bodies.
Billson said the RPDE aims to harness the innovative talents of the industry, defence and academic participants to ...