Elbit Systems has launched a Melbourne-based Human and Machine Teaming Centre of Excellence in a partnership with the Victorian Government.
Elbit Systems of Australia Managing Director, Major General (ret’d) Paul McLachlan, announced the partnership.
“Elbit Systems of Australia has a vision to conduct research and development in partnership with academic institutions to develop highly advanced autonomous solutions that will build home-grown capabilities for our defence force and emergency services,” McLachlan said.
“The devastating bushfires that swept across most of Australia in 2019/20 are still fresh in our minds and Elbit Systems of Australia aims to use the Centre to produce solutions that fuse multiple data and sensor inputs to enhance situational awareness and decision processes.
“Through the Centre of Excellence, we aim to continue to digitise manual processes and systems that currently exist within the emergency services and defence force to deliver a system that will enable users to get the upper-hand faster than ever before. Those improvements could no doubt save time, money, infrastructure, resources, and possibly even save lives.
“The research, which has a focus on collaboration between people and autonomous systems, will produce applications that can be used across defence and homeland security, in addition to all emergency services.
“Elbit Systems of Australia has unique access to leading-edge global technology and utilises specialised Australian engineers to transform the products for the Australian market."