Twelve new Australian organisations have joined the Rapid Prototyping, Development and Evaluation Program (RPDE), a partnership between Defence, industry and academic institutions across Australia.
It brings Defence, industry and academic institutions together to fix high risk and complex Defence capability problems.
The new organisations to join the program are:
Elbit Systems of Australia Pty Ltd;
Pilatus Australia Pty Ltd;
Artis Group Pty Ltd;
Cocoon Data Holdings Limited;
Edith Cowan University;
Eggler Consulting Engineers;
Etherstack Pty Ltd;
Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd;
Orbital8 Pty Ltd;
RPC Technologies Pty Ltd;
UniversityofWestern Australia; and
ZBOB Engineering Pty Ltd.
Some 220 companies and academic institutions are now part of this program which has now commenced its 100th activity for Defence. The program has contributed to more than a third of the projects in the Defence Capability Plan and the outcomes are exceptional.