Match ASCA with genuine new approach to Defence innovation: Unis


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

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 a “pipeline” of asymmetric advantage and enduring research collaboration.

With the new Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) last month taking charge of $3.4 billion in defence industry and research funding, stakeholders are pushing for it to give stronger signals and more sustainable partnerships than the funding vehicles it replaces.

Defence Science and Technology Group personnel at the trial of a S100 Bathymetric LiDAR Sensor last month. Image: Defence/Rikki-Lea Phillips

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