Nova Systems has marked one year since announcing it would develop a national T&E Centre of Excellence (CoE). It was established as a central hub to bring together industry, academia and Defence to collaborate on Australian defence capability, digital technologies, industry training and commercialisation of research, digital technologies, training and ideas.
Since announcing the establishment of the T&E CoE, Nova Systems has entered into relationships with Australian universities to bridge the gap between industry and academia in the fields of systems-of-systems experimentation, artificial intelligence and machine learning, underwater autonomy, and systems engineering.
They have also invested in digital mission engineering workforce creation capability, completed an in-depth training needs analysis to determine what skills and knowledge future T&E professionals require in a post digital engineering revolution world, and developed methods for characterising the suitability of small commercial drones for missions and for incorporating digital models of small drones into simulations.
Two key focus areas of the Centre of Excellence have been around future workforce skilling and the impact of evolving capability assurance approaches. In response, Nova Systems has developed the Advanced T&E Practitioners Course, set to commence in February 2024.
“As leaders in T&E for the past two decades, we have an integral role to play in supporting Australian T&E capability and ensuring these skills evolve with technology,” said Tim Grabert, T&E Capability Lead.
“We are continually investing in our workforce and adapting T&E methodologies to provide a truly world-class Australia T&E capability. At the heart of what we do is keeping pace with emerging technologies so we can support the common goal of supporting our Defence forces to keep our nation and people safe and secure.”