RAIDER Targetry<\/a> at the ManuFutures facility at the university’s Waurn Ponds campus, is a semi-autonomous towed target that can mimic tanks and light armoured vehicles (including their thermal signature) and is used by the ADF for live-fire training.<\/p>\nMick Fielding, executive director of RAIDER Targetry, said the concept was developed “from quite literally, a scribble on a napkin” a couple of years ago.<\/p>\n
“It’s a tremendous pat on the back for the capability here at Deakin, the whole RAIDER team, and in general, what we can do in-country.<\/p>\n
“We’ve spent a lot of time and engineering to make this as simple and as user-friendly as possible.”<\/p>\n
Victorian Senator Sarah Henderson said the Morrison Government’s $200 billion investment in defence industry was creating similar opportunities for companies across Victoria.<\/p>\n
RAIDER was developed at the university’s Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation (IISRI), and Deakin deputy Vice-Chancellor Research Professor Julie Owens said IISRI’s innovative thinking and breadth of specialist skills was supported by world class facilities and a strong emphasis on industry focused research.<\/p>\n
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