![The new DSTO Canberra headquarters named after Dr David Warren. (Defence)](http://thewofa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140325adf8588365_061-300x181.jpg)
The Australian inventor of the Black Box flight recorder, Dr David Warren, has been honoured by the naming of a new Defence building in Canberra.
The naming of the DSTO’s new Canberra headquarters at Brindabella Park was announced by the Assistant Minister for Defence, Stuart Robert. “Dr Warren was a visionary and his invention has made an extraordinary contribution to aviation safety around the world,” Mr Robert said. “The naming of the DSTO building is a fitting tribute to a great Aussie inventor.”
Chief Defence Scientist Dr Alex Zelinsky added; “Over the years DSTO has developed deep expertise in the forensic examination of Defence aircraft accidents and strategies to prevent their recurrence. This is the legacy of David Warren’s work.”
![The 'Black box' was invented by Dr David Warren in the 1950s while working at a DSTO predecessor organisation. (Defence)](http://thewofa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140325adf8588365_031-300x181.jpg)
Dr Warren invented the black box flight recorder in the mid-1950s when employed at one of DSTO’s predecessor organisations, the Aeronautical Research Laboratory at Fishermans Bend in Melbourne.