The Department of Defence reduced spending with the Big Four consulting giants by an average 40 per cent in the 2022/23 financial year, the first full 12 month reporting...
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Accenture’s contract with Defence for a cloud computing capability has more than doubled in value in six months, skyrocketing to just under $35 million since being awarded in February....
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Governments are not well-known for their speed, particularly when blazing a trail with technology for others to follow. But when Defence, with its $50 billion annual budget, declares the...
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Local companies have called on the federal government to aggressively support local dual-use technology exports to reach an internationally competitive scale, as a pathway to developing Defence capability. The...
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A panel of Australian-only defence industry suppliers should be created by the Department of Defence to support advanced capability and build supply chain resilience, two local firms have argued...
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Defence’s Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator is seeking information on Australian sovereign uncrewed aerial system and trusted autonomy capability, as it begins industry engagement for its first innovation challenge. Through...
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Australia’s universities are warning an ambitious plan to get innovations into the hands of war fighters as quickly as possible must come with a more strategic approach that creates...
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Defence’s newly established Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) will spend at least its first six months devising problem statements and testing solutions with industry before launching its first mission...
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The motley of laws and regulations that apply to robotics must be reviewed in order to pinpoint barriers and growth opportunities for the fledgling sector, the Defence Science and...
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A shared defence industry innovation and simulation training facility has secured federal funding of $32 million three years after it was proposed, with Labor following through on its election...
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Australia’s chief defence scientist Tanya Monro says a new structure for engaging with industry on emerging technologies will open opportunities for local companies and put new capability in the...
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The Department of Defence has looked to Singapore for a new executive to oversee its extensive technology estate and multibillion-dollar SAP upgrade, hiring explosive makers Orica’s tech exec Chris...
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The Albanese government’s $3.4 billion defence innovation overhaul does not go far enough and needs more strategic work to “disrupt” a system that has for decades struggled to deliver...
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With more attention and more money being applied to building local defence capability, the Department of Defence has set ambitious new targets for getting more STEM-qualified women into technical...