Lockheed Martin Australia STELaRLab rebranded as Advanced Systems and Technologies

Canberra-based Lockheed Martin Australia has rebranded its Science, Technology, Engineering Leadership and Research Laboratory (STELaRLab) in Melbourne as Advanced Systems and Technologies to better align with the mission-directed objectives and capability development needs of the Australian Defence Force.

Established in 2016, the facility remains the first and most advanced multi-disciplinary Lockheed Martin research operations centre outside of the US, facilitating programs that include counter-hypersonics, hypersonics, autonomy, robotics and command, control, communications, computing, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR).

Advanced Systems and Technologies employs 57 staff across sites in Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane, partnering with higher education institutions and offering scholarships, internships and graduate positions for highly-skilled Australians nationally to boost defence and STEM-based workforces.

“Working with world leading companies like Lockheed Martin is crucial to strengthening our local defence industry, and delivering more jobs for Australians,” said Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Defence Personnel, the Hon Matt Keogh MP.

“We welcome Lockheed Martin Australia’s commitment to collaborating with Australian research partners to invest in home-grown innovationband put Australia at the forefront of next generation technologies.”

“With its focus on the acceleration of emergent technologies, Advanced Systems and Technologies has the potential to significantly lift Australia’s industrial capability through unprecedented collaboration with government, industry and academia,” said Lockheed Martin Australia and New Zealand Chief Executive, Warren McDonald.

The laboratory will drive advanced capabilities and translate innovative technologies into higher Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) that both demonstrate operational impact and meet the Australian Defence Forces’ most pressing needs, says the company.