Series 6 - Defence Science and Technology Organisation


Date Range1971 - 1984
ProvenanceAlbert Lloyd George Rees
Description

Section 1 - Independent External Review Report and Discussion [6-1 - 6-16]
Section 2 - External Review Committee (ERC) Meetings and Inspections [6-17 - 6-66]
Reports, briefing notes and submissions, meeting minutes and agendas, publication reprints, conference papers, press releases, professional correspondence, notes and newspaper clippings.


Inventory Listing

6-1 Royal Commission on Australian Government Administration - Submission

Submission to the Royal Commission on Australian Government Administration, J.L. Farrands. Information Notes and Reports: Department of Defence Minute Paper, A.H. Tange, Rejoinder to the Phillip Task Force Report, 16 December 1975; Prime Ministerial Statement, M. Fraser, Royal Commission on Australian Government Administration, 9 December 1976; Extracts from Royal Commission on Australian Government Administration Report, pp81-95 and pp310-325. Miscellaneous notes.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-1
Date range 1975 - 1976    Quantity 0.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-1 Series 6
6-2 DSTO Review Briefing Notes - Sections 8-15
Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-2
Date range No date    Quantity 0.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-2 Series 6
6-3 Defence Research and Development in Overseas Countries

Information Notes and Reports: US Department of Defence RDTE Definitions; Draft Report on Management of Department of US Defence Laboratories, September 1979; 'Report of the Working Group on Basic Research in the Department of Defence', Executive Office of the President, Office of Science and Technology Policy, 22 June 1978; Visit to OUSDRE, Director of Extra-Mural Work; D.M. Church, 'Department of Defence Statement of on the Implementation of Public Law 95-507', House of Representatives Committee on Small Business, 4 December 1979; Internal Review of the DSTO Record of a Discussion with A.D. Young, 20 December 1979; Internal and External Review, Discussion with R. Mason and J. Charnley, 15 January 1980; 'Reorganisation on the HQ of the Controllerate of R and D Establishments and Research', Procurement Executive, Ministry of Defence, 31 October 1977. Reprints: C.W. Borklund, 'How Defence Will Handle Critical-Technology Exports - and Why', Government Executive, May 1979; Extracts from Civil Defence Handbook, 1979; 'Science in Israel', Chapter extract. Newspaper Clipping, 'New emphasis on innovation in defence research', Financial Times, 28 February 1979. Miscellaneous notes.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-3
Date range 1977 - 1980    Quantity 1.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-3 Series 6
6-4 DSTO/Defence - General Documents

DSTO Program for 1979-80, Prepared for Independent Review; A. Sharpe, Task Plans - The Application of DESTI-3 to DST Sponsored Tasks, Minute Paper, 2 August 1977; Approval and Conduct of Tasks within the DST Program, 18 March 1976; Defence Higher Organisation, Staff function chart, July 1978; P.T. Fink, Central Office Management of the DSTO, 23 January 1979; Role and Scope of Science and Technology in Defence, September 1979; Functions and Roles of the DSTO, Draft. Reprints: J.R. Philip, 'Towards Diversity and Adaptability: An Australian View of Governmentally Supported Science', Minerva, vol.16 no.3, 1978.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-4
Date range 1976 - 1979    Quantity 1.1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-4 Series 6
6-5 Industry Interface - Relevant Papers

Defence Industry and Materiel Policy Division; Technology Transfer Council, Submission to Enquiry into DSTO, July 1980; K.T.H. Farrer, 'The Science/Technology Continuum'; Comments on 'DSTO/Industry Policy' stimulated by 'IRC General Questions to Establishments', DST REV 105/43; R. Johnston, 'Contract Research - A Solution to What?', Paper presented to Australian Industrial Research Group, November 1979. Correspondence, J.P. Wild to G.M. Badger, 10 December 1979; Reprint, 'Turning the campus to industry', Economist, 8 March 1980.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-5
Date range 1977 - 1980    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-5 Series 6
6-6 DSTO External Review Committee - Report Papers

Provisional Recommendations for Report, 13 May 1980; ERC Committee Discussion of the Provisional Recommendations, 13 May 1980; Draft Outline of Report, 13 May 1980; Discussion of Supplementary Recommendations, 20 May 1980; Supplementary Recommendations; Report on Meeting, 21 May 1980; Basis of Provisional Recommendations, 23 May 1980; Draft Outline of Report, 22 May 1980; Appendices; Draft Outline of Report, 2 June 1980; Provisional Recommendations, 22 May 1980; Discussion of Provisional Recommendations, Changes to Organisational Structure of DSTO Establishments, Report Paper 7, 23 May 1980; Discussion of Supplementary Recommendations, Report Paper 8, 23 May 1980; Allocation of Drafting, Report Paper 9, 23 May 1980; Report Format, 20 May 1980; Work Categories, Quality Assessment and Report Writing Allocation, 12 June 1980; Discussion of Appendices and Draft Chapters 1-5 and 7, Report Paper 14, 10 June 1980; Review of Progress on Appendices, Report Paper 15, 25 June 1980; Report Format - Typeface Samples, 27 June 1980; Review of Progress on Appendices, 10 July 1980.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-6
Date range 1980    Quantity 1.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-6 Series 6
6-7 Report - Background Data

Task Resource Allocation 1979/80, 3 July 1980; Materials Research Laboratories - Review of Task Categorisation; DSTO Staff Age Profiles; CSIRO Professional Staff, Highest Qualifications.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-7
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.6 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-7 Series 6
6-8 'Independent External Review of The Defence Science and Technology Organisation'

Report by A.L.G. Rees, A.R. Billings and K.T.H. Farrer

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-8
Date range c. October 1980, No date, c.October 1980    Quantity 1.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-8 Series 6
6-9 DSTO External Review Committee - Report Working Papers

ERC, Draft Outline of Report, 2 June 1980; Summary of Provisional Recommendations, 2 June 1980; Provisional Recommendations, 22 May 1980.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-9
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-9 Series 6
6-10 External Review Committee - Submission Summaries

Submission Summaries for Departments, Institutes, DSTO, Universities and CAEs, Companies and Others.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-10
Date range 1979 - 1980    Quantity 1.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-10 Series 6
6-11 DSTO External Review Committee - Responses to Review

'DSTO - Should it remain in the Department of Defence or be placed under a Statutory Authority?', Defence Review Committee, Submission by Senior Staff of the Aeronautical Research Laboratories, 17 October 1981; Report of the Independent External Review of DSTO - Government Response; Defence Science Review, Press Release, Department of Defence; P.T. Fink, DSTO Implementation of Recommendations, Minute Paper, 13 August 1981; Suggested responses to questions on quotations from the Report of the Independent External Review of DSTO, 17 August 1981; P.T. Fink, Review of Defence Science and Technology Administration, Minute Paper, 20 October 1980. Correspondents include: R.J. Hamer; G. Scholes; L.E. Samuels; R.L. Brooks; R.J. Taylor; D.J. Killen; C.W. Weaver; P.T. Fink. Reprint, 'Defence Science and Technology - A Statutory Body?' Search, vol.12, October 1981. Newspaper Clippings: 'Killen muzzles scientist after cabinet defence tussle', Australian Financial Review, 9 July 1981; 'Top scientist gagged by Killen', Sun, 10 July 1981; 'Report blasts defence science body', Australian Financial Review, 30 July 1981; 'Defence risk in lack of research,' Australian, 30 July 1981; 'Defence science body should be statutory', Age, 30 July 1981; 'Opposition slates national defence', Australian Financial Review, 31 July 1981; P.T. Fink, 'Defence Science Review's work', Australian Financial Review, 13 August 1981.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-11
Date range 1980 - 1981    Quantity 1.6 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-11 Series 6
6-12 DSTO External Review Committee Correspondence - Initiation of Reviews

Defence Science Review, Statement by D.J. Killen, Minister for Defence, 13 November 1979; Extract from Hansard, House of Representatives, 13 November 1979. Correspondents include: G.E. Brouwer; D.J. Killen; I.A. Hagan; P.T. Fink; A. Sharpe; R.H. Englund; P.T. Fink; J.M. Evans; R. Cartwright; W.B. Pritchett.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-12
Date range 1979 - 1981    Quantity 0.7 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-12 Series 6
6-13 DSTO External Review Committee - Personal Working Papers and Notes

DSTO External Review Committee Report, Advance copies, 15 October 1980; DSTO External Review Committee files; DSTO External Review Committee Disposal of Books and Classified Submissions from DRCS, 16 October 1980; External Review Committee Visit Program, as at March 1980. Correspondents include: M.L. Robinson; L.B. Soden; W.E. Dickson; R. Cartwright; C.W. Weaver. Newspaper Clippings: 'Need for collaboration between defence and university scientists'; 'Blinkered scientists criticised', Age, 13 May 1980.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-13
Date range 1979 - 1981    Quantity 0.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-13 Series 6
6-14 Conference on: 'Australian Defence Policies for the 1980s', Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU - Program and Notes

Conference Program, Notes on Speakers, List of Available Publications and general information. Information Notes and Reports: A.L.G Rees, 'Defence Research and Development -hy and real est Problems and Prospects', Conference Paper. Correspondents include J.O. Langtry and R.J. O'Neill.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-14
Date range 1981    Quantity 0.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-14 Series 6
6-15 Conference on: 'Australian Defence Policies for the 1980s', Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU - Papers

Papers: H.H. Indorf, 'The ANZAAS Alliance in American Strategic Priorities'; C. Bell, 'The Case for the Alliance'; N. Butklin, 'Australian Defence: Our Own Worst Enemy'; P.D. Hastings, 'Australia and Regional Defence Co-Operation in the 1980s'; D. Ball, 'The Machinery for Making Australian National Security Policy in the 1980s'; R.J. O'Neill, 'Strategic Concepts and Force Structures'; J.O. Langtry, 'Mobilisation Requirements'; A. Farran, 'Lower Level Contingencies and Force Structures'; L.G. Randell, 'Australian Defence Industry'; W.K. Hancock, 'Our Interests and Obligations in Peace and War', supplementary paper; P.J. Greville, 'National Defence Infrastructure'; A.E. Goodman, 'Letter from Washington: Where is ANZUS?', background paper; T.B. Millar, 'The Strategic Context of the 1970s and 1980s'; P. Robinson, 'Defence and the Australian Economy'.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-15
Date range 1981    Quantity 2.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-15 Series 6
6-16 Australian Defence Forces - Responses to Review, Background Information and Reports

Policy on Defence Support, Liberal Party of Australia; News Release, J. Spender, Opposition Spokesman on Defence Support, 27 November 1984; P.T. Fink, 'The Role of Science and Technology in Selection of Australia's New Tactical Fighter', Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith Memorial Lecture, 22 September 1982; Proposal for Establishment of Australian Defence Equipment Industry - A Report to the Defence Industry Committee, 15 November 1983; Interim Report of the Defence Review Committee, Minister and Department of Defence Support, May 1982; Discussion of Interim Report of Utz Committee, 18 May 1982. Correspondents include: B. Dalrymple; R.J. O'Neill; C. McGuinness. Newspaper Clippings: 'Two-part look at Defence organisation'; 'Defence science reviews.'

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-16
Date range 1981 - 1984    Quantity 2.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-16 Series 6
6-17 DSTO External Review Committee - Minutes of Meetings

Minutes for DSTO External Review Committee Meetings: 27 and 29 November 1979, with attachments; 18 and 27 January 1980. Information Notes on Informal Meeting, 13 November 1979.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-17
Date range 1979 - 1980    Quantity 1.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-17 Series 6
6-18 DSTO External Review Committee - Minutes of Meetings

Minutes for DSTO External Review Committee Meetings: 7 and 19 February 1980; 5, 19 and 25 March 1980; 11 and 29 April 1980; 1, 2, 6, 20, with attachments and 23 May 1980; 10, 12, 25 and 26 June 1980; 10 July 1980; 13 August 1980; 3 October 1980. Information Notes and Reports: Brief report on ERC Visit to RAAF Base, East Sale, 24 July 1980; Notes of Visit to Puckapunyal, 30 July 1980; Visit to the Fleet in Sydney 15 August 1980; Summary of Meetings in Canberra and Melbourne, 25 and 29 July 1980; Summary of Discussion with N.J. Attwood, 5 September 1980; Summary of Discussion with Senior Defence Force Staff - Army, 14 August 1980; Invitations to make Submissions, 24 September 1980.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-18
Date range 1980    Quantity 1.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-18 Series 6
6-19 Relationship with Internal Review Committee

Liaison Meeting between DSTO Review Committees, 9 May 1980 and 11 June 1980; Possible Areas of Overlap with Internal Review Committee. Correspondents include P.T. Fink.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-19
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-19 Series 6
6-20 Overseas Visit - Relevant Papers and Correspondence

Itinerary for overseas visit. Correspondents include D.J. Killen and J. Charnley.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-20
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-20 Series 6
6-21 Defence Science and Technology Management Advisory Committee (DESTMAC)

Agenda for DESTMAC No.9, 12 December 1979; Notes for DESTMAC Meeting, 12 December 1979; DESTMAC in 1979, List of Dates of Meetings. Correspondents include A.J. Bedford and P.T. Fink.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-21
Date range 1979    Quantity 0.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-21 Series 6
6-22 Records of Meetings with Non-DSTO Defence Personnel and External Groups

Notes of Meeting with Representatives of the Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences, 20 May 1980; Submission by the Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences to the DSTO ERC; Visit to Puckapunyal, 30 July 1980; Itinerary for DSTO ERC Visit RAAF Base, East Sale, 24 July 1980; Notes of Meeting with Senior Officers of the Defence Industry and Material Policy Division, 27 May 1980; Summary Notes on Meeting with Senior Officers of RAAF HQ Support Command, 8 July 1980.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-22
Date range 1980    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-22 Series 6
6-23 DSTO External Review - Copies of Correspondence

Correspondents include: G.M. Badger; P.G. Reich; F.D. Cox; A. Synnot; G.J. Churcher; P. Falkland; D.F.W. Engel; A.R. Horton; B. Nobes; W.B. Pritchett; S.T. Maizey; P.H. Doyle; J.P. Wild; A.R. Billings; D.J. Killen; M. Lyons; M.S. Kirkpatrick; P.T. Fink; W.J. Perry; J. Charnley; R. Mason; J.M. Evans; J.P.H. Trinder; J.G. McDermott; G.J. Wright; J.W. Crompton; I. McLennan; D.A. Lowe; S.T. Butler; J.R. Scutt; J.C. Wisdom; A. Sharpe; H.L. Wain; W.F. Hunter; G.E. Barlow; R.J. Richards; E.C. Montgomery; E.B. Davis.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-23
Date range 1979 - 1980    Quantity 0.6 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-23 Series 6
6-24 DSTO External Review Committee, Orientation Visits, December 1979

Orientation Visit to Materials Research Laboratories, with attachments, 18 December 1979; Orientation Visit to Aeronautical Research Laboratories, 13 December 1979; Orientation Visit to Defence Research Centre Laboratories, with attachments, 6-7 December, 1979.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-24
Date range 1979    Quantity 0.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-24 Series 6
6-25 Papers and Information - Aeronautical Research Laboratories (ARL)

Questions for CS/ARL Arising out of Submission; Aeronautical Research Laboratories, 1939-1979, 40th Anniversary exhibits and information.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-25
Date range 1979    Quantity 0.7 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-25 Series 6
6-26 Brief for Inspection by DSTO External Review, Aeronautical Research Laboratories Systems Division

Brief for Visit to ARL Systems Division, Anthropometry Data Base, Melbourne, March 1980. Information Notes and Reports: Task Air 75/002 Gust Model of the Australian Atmosphere, February 1980; Vulnerability Studies at the ARL; Vibration and Aeroelasticity Task no. DST 76/153; P.J. Howard, C.A. Patching and A.O. Payne, 'Life Estimation by Parametric Analysis', ARL; Presentation to the External Review Committee on DSTO Mirage Fatigue; D.G. Ford and A.K. Patterson, 'A Range Pair Counter for Monitoring Fatigue', ARL Structures and Materials Memorandum 195, January 1971; Brief for External Review Committee, ARL Mechanical Engineering Division, Engineering Facilities Division Submission to DSTO External Review Panel. Reprint, A.O. Payne and A.D. Graham, 'Reliability Analysis for Optimum Design', Engineering Fracture Mechanics, vol.12, 1979.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-26
Date range 1971 - 1980    Quantity 1.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-26 Series 6
6-27 DSTO Aeronautical Research Laboratories Submission to Independent Review of DSTO, February 1980
Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-27
Date range 1980    Quantity 1.6 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-27 Series 6
6-28 DSTO External Review Committee, Visit to Aeronautical Research Laboratories

Itinerary for Visit, 24 March 1980; ARL Systems Division - Systems Research, Brief for Inspection Visit by ERC, March 1980; ARL Systems Division - Tacterm Brief for Inspection Visit by ERC, March 1980; ARL Task Reports - Low Speed Aerodynamic Research, Helicopter Flight Behaviour, Acoustic Emission Testing of Macchi, Corrosive Deterioration of Aircraft, Fibre-Reinforced Composites.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-28
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-28 Series 6
6-29 DSTO External Review Committee, Aeronautical Research Laboratories Inspection Visit 26-27 March 1980

Report on Inspection Visit, 6 May 1980.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-29
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.7 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-29 Series 6
6-30 Discussions with Service Scientific Advisers, Part 1

Information from Materials Research Laboratories, DSTO Internal Review; Educational Qualifications of Professional Staff as at 30 June 1979; DSTO Physical Chemistry Division. Reprints: J. Gleeson, 'From Horse-shoe Nails to High Power Lasers', Chemistry in Australia, vol.44 no.12, 1977.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-30
Date range 1977 - 1979    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-30 Series 6
6-31 Discussions with Service Scientific Advisers, Part 2

Discussion with P.W.A. Bowe, Analytical Studies, 27 June 1980; Discussion with B. Travers, Navy Adviser and J. Robinson, Army Adviser, 8 May 1980; Brief for Discussion with Service Scientific Advisers; W.S. Wust, 'The Role of the Army Scientific Advisers Office'.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-31
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-31 Series 6
6-32 DSTO External Review Inspection Report, Jindalee Site Visits

Alice Springs, 15-16 April 1980

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-32
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-32 Series 6
6-33 Department of Defence Functional Directory

DRB 6, June 1979.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-33
Date range 1979    Quantity 1.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-33 Series 6
6-34 Miscellaneous Papers

blicMeeting of the ERC with P.T. Fink, 23 January 1980; Staffing of DSTO, 31 October 1979; DST Task Program Reports.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-34
Date range 1979 - 1980    Quantity 0.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-34 Series 6
6-35 PSB/Sec/Dep Sec A

Miscellaneous notes.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-35
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-35 Series 6
6-36 Merit Advancement

Record of Discussion between Public Service Board and DSTO Internal Review Committee, 17 June 1980; J.G. McAuliffe, Professional Officers Association, Submission to DSTO ERC, 30 April 1980; Appendices 11 and 13, Recruitment and Advancement of Research Scientists in CSIRO and Australian Atomic Energy Commission, Merit Advancement in Overseas Countries.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-36
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-36 Series 6
6-37 DSTO Central, Brief for Visit - Material for Discussion with External Review, 23 January 1980

Copies of Display Transparencies; Examples of DSTO Scientific Advice to Other Areas of Defence; Committees on which DSTO has Principle Membership or Concern; The Role of DSTO in FSC; DESTMAC in 1979; P.T. Fink, Defence Research Groups, Minute Paper, 22 January 1980; Guidelines for Defence Research Groups, 22 January 1980; Briefs for Teal XXII, 5 December 1979; Director General of Army Development Presentation to RACT Conference 1979; The Role of Industry and DSTO in Electronic Warfare and Associated Technologies (Second Meeting), 26 October 1979; Proposed Criteria for Assessing Staff for Entry to the Grades of the Research Scientist Category, 30 November 1979; Proposed Overseas Visit by R. Paterson, 22 January 1980; Some Thoughts on SLT Division by Air Vice Marshal L.S. Compton, 23 July 1979. Major correspondence: P.T. Fink to Secretary, Australian Science and Technology Council, 11 January 1980.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-37
Date range 1979 - 1980    Quantity 1.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-37 Series 6
6-38 DSTO Central, Brief for Visit - A Summary of DSTO Organisation and Management, February 1980
Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-38
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.9 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-38 Series 6
6-39 DSTO Central, Brief for Visit - The Role of DSTO

'The Role of DSTO'; A. Sharpe, Subjects Proposed for Discussion with ACDS, 6 May 1980.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-39
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.7 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-39 Series 6
6-40 DSTO Central, Brief for Visit - Submissions and Notes

Notes on Operations and Work of CSE; The role of the Army Scientific Advisers Office; Staff Brief for Visit to DSTO Central 12 and 13 February 1980; Role of Science and Technology Administrative Branch; DSTO Budget 1979/80; B.T. England, External Review of DSTO, Minute Paper, 11 February 1980; A. Sharpe, Program of Visit of ERC 12 and 13 January 1980, 11 February 1980; Hawker De Havilland, Australia Pty. Ltd., Submission to the DSTO ERC, January 1980; AWA Barra Sonobuoy System, Information and Specifications.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-40
Date range 1979 - 1980    Quantity 1.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-40 Series 6
6-41 Visit of DSTO External Review Committee, Salisbury Defence Research Centre, Weapons Systems Research Laboratory (WSRL)

Visit of DSTO External Review Committee to WSRL, 28-29 February 1980 and Program of Visit. Information Notes and Reports: Weapons System Research Laboratory, Professional, Technical and Clerical Staff as at 22 January 1975, 1 February 1980; Weapons Research Laboratory, Staff Age Distribution as at 1 January 1980, 29 January 1980; DSTO Weapons System Research Laboratory, Special Document, WSRL-0138-SD; Facilities, Weapons Systems Division; Weapons Systems Research Laboratory, Financial Resources; Propulsion Division, Aeroballistics Division, Facilities; WRE External Publications, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1978-79; Weapons Systems Research Laboratory, Details of Lectures 1974-75, 3 December 1979.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-41
Date range 1979 - 1980    Quantity 1.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-41 Series 6
6-42 Visit of DSTO External Review Committee, Salisbury Defence Research Centre, Electronics Research Laboratory (ERL)

Visit of the External Review Committee to ERL, Minute Paper, 17 March 1980; History of Defence Research Centre Salisbury; Electronics Research Laboratory Staff by Categories as at January 1975, 31 January 1980; DSTO Electronics Research Laboratory, Special Document ERL-0126-SD, Submission by Chief Superintendent; Defence Research Centre Salisbury, Electronics Research Laboratory Presentation to the ERC, March 1980; Electronics Research Laboratory Presentations of Tasks, March 1980.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-42
Date range 1980    Quantity 1.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-42 Series 6
6-43 DSTO External Review Committee, Visit to Defence Research Centre Salisbury, Trials Resources Laboratory (TRL)

Reports: J.W. Crompton, Visit of DSTO ERC on 18 March 1980, Defence Research Centre Salisbury, 7 March 1980; E.C. Montgomery, The Future of Trials Resources Laboratory Facilities and Services, Special Document TRL-0013-SD, Department of Defence; Trials Resource Laboratory, Tasks, Financial Resources 1979/80, Staff Categories, Staff Age Distributions, Accommodation, Major Facilities, New Results and Innovations, Science Base, Expenditure in Industry or Other Departments; Questions to A/Superintendent of Trials/Resource Laboratory arising out of Submission. Correspondents include D.R. Stranks.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-43
Date range 1980    Quantity 1.1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-43 Series 6
6-44 DSTO External Review Committee - Interviews and Discussions

Interview with A. Sharpe, 6 May 1980; Orientation Visit to DSTO Central, 12-13 February 1980; Hawker De Havilland Australia Pty. Ltd., Interview, 1 April 1980, with notes.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-44
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-44 Series 6
6-45 DSTO External Review Committee Meeting 3, Agenda Item 5

Newspaper advertisement; Letters to Heads of Establishments, Staff Members, Universities and CAE's, Institutes and Academies, Institutions, Unions, Associations, Other Departments, Premiers, Companies, Secretary and Chief Defence Force Staff, Chief Defence Scientist, Australian Atomic Energy Commission and CSIRO, other Addressees.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-45
Date range 1979 - 1980    Quantity 0.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-45 Series 6
6-46 Statement for DSTO External Review Committee Inspection Visit, covering Materials Research Laboratory Task Arm 77/135 'Personnel and Tactical Dosimetry'

Also includes Information Notes: Radiation Physics Group, Dr. D.W. Williams PRS; ERC Visit Material Research Laboratories, 22 February 1980, Organic Chemistry Division, 18 February 1980.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-46
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.9 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-46 Series 6
6-47 DSTO External Review Committee, Materials Research Laboratories (MRL) Visit Arrangements

Visit by DSTO ERC, Materials Research Laboratories, Visit Arrangements Circular no. 7 of 1980; Draft Program for ERC Visit to MRL; Timetable for ERC Inspections, Physical Chemistry Division; Brief on Precision Grinding; Penetration Mechanics, Brief for ERC Inspection Visit, DST 77/067; Metallurgy Research, Electroslag Refining of Steel, Brief for ERC Visit, DST Task no. 77/062; Explosives Research; Development of Practice Ammunition; Fuze Studies for Naval Gunnery Systems, Synopsis of Presentation.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-47
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-47 Series 6
6-48 DSTO External Review Committee, Materials Research Laboratories Inspection

Materials Research Laboratories Inspection 21-22 February 1980; MRL Visit, Interview with CSMRL and Superintendents, 21 February 1980; MRL Visit, Interview with CSMRL and Superintendents, Questions for CSMRL, 21 February 1980; Questions for CS MRL, Submission to ERC; Plant Deficiencies and Procurement Problems, Minute Paper, P. Dunn, 22 February 1980.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-48
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.6 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-48 Series 6
6-49 DSTO External Review Committee, Materials Research Laboratories Submission

Materials Research Laboratories, Submission to the ERC, January 1980; Materials Research Laboratories, Organic Chemistry Division Technical Report Submission to the ERC, February 1980.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-49
Date range 1980    Quantity 2.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-49 Series 6
6-50 DSTO External Review Committee, Materials Testing Laboratory Inspection Visit 1 April 1980

Report on Inspection, 6 May 1980; G.J. Wright, Staff Structure and Age Distribution, Materials Testing Laboratories, 25 January 1980; G.J. Wright, External Review of the DSTO, Materials Testing Laboratories, 31 January 1980; Materials Testing Laboratories, Summary of Types of Tasks for the period 1 July 1979 to 31 December 1979.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-50
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-50 Series 6
6-51 DSTO External Review Committee, Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Trials and Assessing Unit Inspection Visit

RAN Trials and Assessing Unit Inspection Visit, with Itinerary, 2 April 1980. Information Notes and Reports: RAN Trials Unit Outline, 15 February 1980; Weapons Assessing Unit, 15 February 1980; Electromagnetic Emission Ranging, 31 July 1978; Weapon Assessment; Undersea Warfare Section; DDG Combat System Ship Qualification Trials; NPB-1181, Replacement Minehunter Catamaran; Turana Target Aircraft; Mulloka Sonar; Submarine Weapons Update Program; PCF 420 Class Patrol Boats; Stabilised Narrow Beam Echo Sounding System (SNBESS); Graded Practices. Correspondents include J.G. McDermott and D.F. Lynam.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-51
Date range 1978 - 1980    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-51 Series 6
6-52 DSTO External Review Committee, Inspection of the Royal Australian Navy Research Laboratories (RANRL)

Inspection of the RAN Research Laboratories, 14 February 1980. Briefing Notes for Visit to RAN Research Laboratories, Categorisation of DSTO Work, Quality Indicators and Quality of Individual Work; Introductory Brochure to the RAN Research Laboratories, RANRL Pamphlet 1/79, 1979; W.F. Hunter, Independent External Review of the DSTO, Memo to ERC, 31 January 1980; Annex A, Extract from DSTO Review of Undersea Warfare; Annex B, Extract from RANRL Letters, RL-1-822 of 3 January 1980; Annex C, RANRL Publications since 1975; Annex D, RANRL Journal Articles in External Publications since 1975; RANRL Age Distribution as at 31 December 1979; RANRL Tasks, Agreed Objectives and Milestones and Resource Requirements, 22 January 1980; RANRL Task Descriptions and Status, Minesweeping and Magnet, ASW Study, Exercise Analysis Automation Project, NCDS Model, Studies of the Air Sea Interface, Solutions to the Wave Equation, Project Mulloka; RANRL Inspection, Revised Program; W.F. Hunter, RANRL Draft Estimates 1980/81, 11 January 1980; List of Special Facilities. Reprint, J.V.W. Hart, 'History of the RAN Research Laboratory', JNS, vol.5 no.4.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-52
Date range 1979 - 1980    Quantity 2.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-52 Series 6
6-53 DSTO External Review Committee Inspection of the Royal Australian Navy Research Laboratories

Darlinghurst NSW, 14 February 1980.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-53
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-53 Series 6
6-54 DSTO External Review Committee, Engineering Development Establishment (EDE) Inspection

Engineering Development Establishment Inspection, with Itinerary, 6-7 March 1980. Information Notes and Reports: Interview with H/EDE and Senior Staff; J.C. Wisdom, Request for Additional Information, 28 March 1980. Reprint, 'The Functions of a Design Authority', Defence Force Journal, no.20, January/February 1980.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-54
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.9 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-54 Series 6
6-55 DSTO External Review Committee, Engineering Development Establishment Submissions and Information Reports

Reports: R.E. Christensen, 'The Functions of a Design Authority', EDE 37/78, 1978; J.C. Wisdom, 'Brief on Tasks for Inspection by the Independent External Review Committee', EDE 7/80, 1980; J.C. Wisdom, 'Additional Establishment Information for the Independent External Review Committee', EDE 9/80, 1980; J.C. Wisdom, 'Submission to the Independent External Review Committee', EDE 2/80, 1980; J.C. Wisdom, 'Supplementary Establishment Information for the Independent External Review Committee', EDE 8/80.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-55
Date range 1978 - 1980    Quantity 2.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-55 Series 6
6-56 DSTO External Review Committee, Defence Industry and Material Policy Division Brief

Defence Industry and Material Policy Division Brief, 15 May 1980. Information Notes and Reports: Defence Industry in Australia, Defence Industry and Material Policy Division, March 1980; D.H. Eltringham, 'Defence Procurement, Industry and Departmental Processes', Statement to Parliamentary Sub-committee, Department of Defence, 9 November 1979; D.D. Wood, 'Defence Procurement Implementation', Submission to Parliamentary Sub-committee on Defence Matters, Department of Defence; Industrial Mobilisation Course - 1979, Defence Industry Committee, Department of Defence, February 1979; Tactical Fighter Force (TFF) Project - Australian Industry Participation, November 1978.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-56
Date range 1978 - 1980    Quantity 1.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-56 Series 6
6-57 DSTO External Review Committee, Joint Tropical Trials and Research Establishment (JTTRE) Inspection

DSTO ERC Itinerary and Program; JTTRE Inspection, 17-18 April 1980; JTTRE Inspection, 17-18 April 1980, Part A and Part B, 13 May 1980; B.A. Barnett, Review of Joint Program Activities within JTTRE up to December 1979, JTTRE Technical Memorandum R and I 2/80, Department of Defence, Australia/Ministry of Defence, Britain, 15 May 1980; ERL Presentation to ERC, Jindalee Experimental Facility; JTTRE Inspection, Discussions with L.J. Lloyd, 17 April 1980.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-57
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.9 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-57 Series 6
6-58 DSTO Advanced Engineering Laboratory (AEL), Defence Research Centre Salisbury, Special Document AEL-0055-SD

Submission by Chief Superintendent to DSTO ERC, February 1980.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-58
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-58 Series 6
6-59 DSTO External Review Committee, WSRL On-Site Notes

Propulsion Divisional; Aeroballistics Division; Weapons Systems Division; Marine Physics Test Facility.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-59
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-59 Series 6
6-60 DSTO External Review Committee, Defence Research Centre Salisbury, Advanced Engineering Laboratory Visit Notes

AEL Visit of DSTO ERC, Itinerary; Mulloka Project, Presentation for the External Review Committee on 21 March 1980; Attachment 1, Project List and Abbreviations; DSTO ERC Brief for Visit to Marine Studies Composite of WSRL, 6 December 1979; Weapons System Division, WSRL Organisation; AEL Inspection Visit, 2-21 March 1980, Statements and Questions Arising from CSAEL Submission to ERC.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-60
Date range 1979 - 1980    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-60 Series 6
6-61 DST Task Research

DST 79/096 Weapons Systems Technology; DST 20/044 Marine Physics Test Facility; DST 78/058 Data Link Technology; DST 77/026 Terminal Guidance Technology; DST 76/120 Propellant Chemistry; DST 76/128 Unguided Weapon Propulsion; DST 79/112 Gun Propellants; DST 76/131 Guided Weapon Propulsion; DST 78/113 Winnin; DST 76/129 Unguided Weapons, Aerodynamics and Performance; DST 76/118 Aerodynamic Research; DST 20/045 AD Computing Facility; AIR 78/072 500 LB Glide Bomb.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-61
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-61 Series 6
6-62 DSTO External Review Committee, Brief for Visit to Armed Forces Food Science Establishment (AFFSE)

Inspection of AFFSE, 8 February 1980; Inspection of AFFSE, 8 February 1980, Notes Regarding Terms of Reference; Visit to AFFSE; AFFSE, Visit - Questions for the Interview; AFFSE Visit, Questions for the Interview; SLT Budget Allocation 1979/1980; AFFSE Information Brochure; Submission to the DSTO ERC from K.W. James, OIC Food Science AFFSE, 18 January 1980. Correspondents include R.J. Richards.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-62
Date range 1980    Quantity 1.1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-62 Series 6
6-63 TRL Inspection Report

Report, M.L. Robinson, 'Report on TRL Inspection', 18 March 1980.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-63
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.7 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-63 Series 6
6-64 AEL Inspection Report

Report, M.L. Robinson, 'Report on AEL Inspection', 20-21 March 1980.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-64
Date range 1980    Quantity 1.1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-64 Series 6
6-65 ERL Inspection Report

Report, M.L. Robinson, 'Report on ERL Inspection', 9-10 April 1980.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-65
Date range 1980    Quantity 1.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-65 Series 6
6-66 WSRL Inspection Report

Report, M.L. Robinson, 'Report on WSRL Inspection Visit', 28-29 February 1980.

Creator Albert Lloyd George Rees
Control 6-66
Date range 1980    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 6-66 Series 6

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