DSTO

Health and Usage Monitoring Systems 2009

Date: 23 March, 2009 to 26 March, 2009

Location: Various

Sixth DSTO International Conference on Health and Usage Monitoring

Dates:	23 March 2009	24-25 March 2009	26 March 2009
Location:	DSTO FB	Grand Hyatt Melbourne	Avalon Airport

Increasingly, mechanical devices whether fixed systems, land vehicles, marine vehicles (including submarines) or aircraft (including helicopters), are being managed using various Condition Monitoring (CM) or Condition- Based Maintenance (CBM) approaches. All these approaches rely on health (condition) and usage monitoring systems and are most suited to ensuring availability, reliability and safety of critical and high-value assets.

The DSTO series of International Conferences on Health and Usage Monitoring is an established conference in this area and has been run in conjunction with every Australian International Air Show since 1999. Since 2005, it has also formed part of the Australian International Aerospace Congress.

Accordingly, HUMS2009 will form part of the Thirteenth Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC13) and will include sessions at the Australian International Air Show. All submissions of abstracts and papers will be handled electronically via the AIAC13 website.

Conference details will be added to this website as they become available and conference documents will be available from the right-hand column of this page. A newsletter will be sent at specific times during the lead up to the conference. You may subscribe to this newsletter by clicking here.

A range of Sponsorship Packages for HUMS2009 are available now - please click to request the document.

Key Dates (preliminary)

May 2008	Call for abstracts announced
18 July 2008	Call for abstracts close
29 August 2008	Notification of acceptance/decline of abstracts
October 2008	Registration Brochure Released
3 November 2008	Full paper for refereeing due (draft 1)
12 December 2008	Earlybird Registration deadline
12 December 2008	Full paper non-refereed due
January 2009	Production of final program
30 January 2009	Full refereed paper due (draft 2)
13 February 2009	Production of CD
23 March 2009	HUMS2009 Workshops at DSTO
24/25 March 2009	HUMS2009/AIAC13 at Hyatt Hotel
26 March 2009	Demos/Visit to Airshow

Land Warfare Conference 2008

Date: 27 October, 2008 to 31 October, 2008

Location: Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane

Land Warfare Conference 2008

Force Protection in the 21st Century: D4STI

The Land Warfare Conference (LWC) is a major event for users, providers, academics, designers and manufacturers to meet, present, share and exchange new and visionary ideas on Land Systems.

This is an invitation to academics, commercial organisations, defence research institutions, and military to attend and/or offer papers in the field of Land Warfare and related disciplines.

Major Sponsors

General Sponsors

BUDGET 2008-09

Date: 15 May, 2008

Media Release Number: 52/08

Research Funding to Maintain Defence Capability Edge in Australia

Australian troops will receive the best possible equipment and technology to protect our country after the Rudd Labor Government committed $372.5 million to the Defence Science and Technology Organisation in the 2008-09 Budget.

The Australian Governments commitment to researching and developing new ideas and equipment will support our troops in Afghanistan, Timor-Leste, here at home and on any future deployments.

The Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, Warren Snowdon, said This strong commitment will ensure the Australian Defence Force continues to be equipped and protected with leading-edge technology and systems while on operational deployments.

DSTO will also manage $61 million over the next three years to ensure the Capability and Technology Demonstrator Program achieves better outcomes for Defence. The program fosters technology innovation in the Australian defence industry and is one of the key mechanisms through which DSTO engages small to medium sized enterprises.

DSTO advises on the purchase of defence equipment that improves the effectiveness of the armed forces and supports Australias defence and national security efforts.

DSTOs science and technology program is respected throughout the world and allows the organisation to work closely with the Australian defence industry, the broader science community, including Australias premier research universities, and international partners.

Collaborative research and development undertaken with other defence agencies around the world gives the Australian Defence Force access to leading-edge defence technologies and improves interoperability with Coalition forces.

Key collaboration mechanisms include the Defence Future Capability Technology Centre Program, the Technical Cooperation Program and a range of commercial agreements with industry and academia.

Media contacts:

Kate Sieper (Warren Snowdon): 02 6277 7620 or 0488 484 689

Defence Media Liaison: 02 6265 3343 or 0408 498 664

Research Leader, Signals Intelligence

Job Requisition Number: DSTO/27942
APS Level: S&T Level 8 (Executive Level 2)
State: South Australia
Location: DSTO Edinburgh
Division: Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence Division
Salary: $134,262 - $146,888
Application closing date: 29 May, 2008

Duties: The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) is seeking an outstanding senior research scientist to lead and manage the activities of the Signal Intelligence Branch within the Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (C3I) Division.

Professional contact: Dr Mark Anderson, telephone (08) 8259 5077

Information pack: To obtain an information pack and application details, please refer to the links on the right, under Attachments. Alternatively, contact the Defence Service Centre (ph 1800 000 677), or e-mail dsc.recruitment@defence.gov.au

Send applications to:

Recruitment Officer
Defence Support - South Australia
Department of Defence
PO Box 1500
Edinburgh SA 5111

Phone: (08) 8259 6641
Fax: (08) 8259 6970
Email: SA.Jobs@defence.gov.au

Mine Warfare Operations Analyst

Job Requisition Number: DSTO/27925
APS Level: S&T Level 4 (APS Level 6)
State:
Location: DSTO Sydney
Division: Maritime Operations Division
Salary: $63,550 - $72,595
Application closing date: 29 May, 2008

Please note: this employment opportunity is only open to employees of the Australian Public Service

Duties: Under broad direction the successful applicant will work in a small team analysing the performance of mine warfare countermeasures using operations research techniques, experimentation and field trials.

Professional contact: Dr Bryan Jessup, telephone (02) 9692 1491

Send applications to:

Recruitment Officer
Defence Support - South Australia
Department of Defence
PO Box 1500
Edinburgh SA 5111

Phone: (08) 8259 6641
Fax: (08) 8259 6970
Email: SA.Jobs@defence.gov.au

Manager, Defence Science Communications (Canberra)

Job Requisition Number: DSTO/25564
APS Level: Executive Level 1 (Public Affairs)
State:
Location: DSTO Canberra
Division: Defence Science Communications
Salary: $80,319 - $98,353
Application closing date: 19 May, 2008

Duties: You will be responsible for providing communications and public affairs support to DSTO operations in Canberra. This involves writing Ministerial submissions, briefs, speeches and promotional material, developing communication strategies, and event, media and issues management. You will require extensive experience in corporate communications at a senior level, excellent writing ability, experience in producing quality communication products, strong project management skills, and ability to deliver results under pressure.

Professional contact: Jimmy Hafesjee, (02) 6128 6376

Send applications to:

Recruitment Officer
Defence Support - South Australia
Department of Defence
PO Box 1500
Edinburgh SA 5111

Phone: (08) 8259 6641
Fax: (08) 8259 6970
Email: SA.Jobs@defence.gov.au

Sonar Systems Engineer

Job Requisition Number: DSTO/27861
APS Level: S&T Level 5 (Executive Level 1)
State: South Australia
Location: DSTO Edinburgh
Division: Maritime Operations Division
Salary: $80.319 - $90,600
Application closing date: 22 May, 2008

Please note: this employment opportunity is only open to employees of the Australian Public Service.

Duties: To lead and develop an engineering capability for the test, evaluation and evolution of surface combatant sonar systems including sonar sensors and systems that could be fitted to or deployed from surface combatants now or in the future.

Professional contact: Dr Lesley Kelly, (08) 8259 6491

Send applications to:

Recruitment Officer
Defence Support - South Australia
Department of Defence
PO Box 1500
Edinburgh SA 5111

Phone: (08) 8259 6641
Fax: (08) 8259 6970
Email: SA.Jobs@defence.gov.au

Defence Scientist in Paints & Sealants

Job Requisition Number: DSTO/27874
APS Level: S&T Level 6 (Executive Level 2)
State: Victoria
Location: DSTO Melbourne
Division: Maritime Platforms Division
Salary: $92,639- $111,009
Application closing date: 22 May, 2008

Duties: As the successful applicant, you will join a team in the Signature Management Branch. You will conduct high quality research into the formulation, application and specification of protection coatings and signature management systems for Defence platforms. This will require initiative, judgement and some originality in the selection of established principles and techniques.

Professional contact: Dr. Lindsay Wake, (03) 9626 8433

Send applications to:

Recruitment (Victoria)
Defence Support - Southern Victoria
Department of Defence
PO Box 2288
Melbourne VIC 3001

Phone: (03) 9282 3410
Fax: (03) 9282 3395
Email: svic.jobs@defence.gov.au

Defence Scientist in Maritime Systems and Platform Modelling

Job Requisition Number: DSTO/27876
APS Level: S&T Level 4 (APS Level 6)
State: Victoria
Location: DSTO Melbourne
Division: Maritime Platforms Division
Salary: $61,699 - $70,481
Application closing date: 22 May, 2008

Duties: A Defence Scientist in Maritime Systems and Platform Modelling is required to undertake research, studies and analysis of the acquisition and through-life sustainment of RAN platforms and systems. The successful applicant will conduct original research in the area of data quality and analysis, in particular, the understanding of cost drivers in relation to platform systems performance and maintenance practices.

Professional contact: Dr Moya Tyndall, (03) 9626 8639

Send applications to:

Recruitment (Victoria)
Defence Support - Southern Victoria
Department of Defence
PO Box 2288
Melbourne VIC 3001

Phone: (03) 9282 3410
Fax: (03) 9282 3395
Email: svic.jobs@defence.gov.au

Defence Scientist in Naval Platform Vulnerability Assessment

Job Requisition Number: DSTO/27875
APS Level: S&T Level 4 (APS Level 6)
State: Victoria
Location: DSTO Melbourne
Division: Maritime Platforms Division
Salary: $61,699 - $70,481
Application closing date: 22 May, 2008

Duties: As the successful applicant you will join a team in the Vulnerability Assessment Group in the Surface Platforms Systems Branch. You will perform technical and scientific work in the areas of battle damage modelling for naval vessels and experimental studies of explosively caused damage. This will require initiative, judgement and some originality in the application of technical competencies to existing or new processes or technologies.

Professional contact: Dr John Brett, (03) 9626 8258

Send applications to:

Recruitment (Victoria)
Defence Support - Southern Victoria
Department of Defence
PO Box 2288
Melbourne VIC 3001

Phone: (03) 9282 3410
Fax: (03) 9282 3395
Email: svic.jobs@defence.gov.au