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19 MAY 2025 | OUR PEOPLE Welcome to the DST Team Kirby-Jane Hallum, PhD (center in photo above) our new Principal Advisor, Science Partnering.
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1 MAY 2025 | OUR SCIENCE DST is proud to have played a key role behind the scenes of the New Zealand Ministry of Defence's proposed Long-term Insights Briefing topic: How…
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11 APRIL 2025 | OUR SCIENCE Twenty-five years ago, a collision between Chaos Theory and computer simulation brought to life one of DST’s longest-standing and successful research products – the MANA…
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8 APRIL 2025 | OUR PARTNERSHIPS DST and the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade hosted the first activity of 2025 under the New Zealand-United States Dialogue on Critical and…
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7 APRIL 2025 The 2025 Defence Capability Plan highlights increased investment into research and development in science and technology.
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28 MARCH 2025 | OUR SCIENCE DST and the University of Auckland (UoA) are continuing to test prototype radar reflectors for the Synthetic Aperture Radar for Search and Rescue (SAR4SAR) trial…
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17 MARCH 2025 | OUR PEOPLE Dylan Allison (left in photo), Science Researcher within the DST Ballistics and Personnel Protection team, has recently completed the rigorous NZ Army Territorial Force Commissioning…
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24 FEBRUARY 2025 | OUR SCIENCE DST's Sensing and Intelligence Programme is collaborating with the University of Auckland (UoA): Institute of Marine Science and the Space Institute to understand whether low cost,…
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APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED We are hiring for a new role to grow our science partnering within NZ, enable our engagement with partner nation organisations, and contribute science leadership across our…
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