Defence will nearly double its planned investments in enterprise ICT compared to 2020, expecting to spend up to $1 billion annually after changes to its digital governance.
Total planned investments in enterprise data and ICT is expected to be between $8.5 billion and $11 billion in the next ten years, around twice as much as the $5 billion over a decade in the 2020 Force Structure Plan.
The new spending plan is outlined in the 2024 integrated investment program (IIP) released Wednesday, which also reveals an intention to spend $1.7 billion to $2.2 billion on science and technology infrastructure over the next decade.
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