Tag: AUKUS

Beyond the NRF: The nation’s search for industry policy

Posted on   |  by Sandy Plunkett
Back in August, just after the announcement of the National Reconstruction Fund Board, Industry and Science minister Ed Husic reminded us that “policy is shaped by the times it...

Opposition push for AUKUS ‘Pillar III’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The lack of a national Defence strategy is delaying the technology and advanced capability component of the AUKUS arrangement and a potential new pillar covering supply chains, according to...

Bridging the funding gap between industry and Defence

Posted on   |  by David Waterhouse
The Valley of Death is real. As any Deep Tech or advanced manufacturing entrepreneur knows, there is a chasm between innovation and commercialisation that must be fully funded or...

Flinders signs research deal with US Navy subs specialists

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Flinders University has inked a collaborative research agreement with a US Navy research centre specialising in submarine warfare. The institutions will team on research projects related to undersea technology...

Energy transition debate: Taking the nuclear option

Posted on   |  by Christopher Skinner
Nuclear energy has been the subject of much recent discussion due on the one hand to Australia’s AUKUS pillar one acquisition of nuclear powered, conventionally armed submarines, and on...

$20m in home-grown tech bound for Ukraine

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia will provide Ukraine with $20 million worth of home-grown technology, including counter-drone systems and deployable 3D printers, as part of its latest military assistance package. Prime Minister Anthony...

Call to pump private capital into Defence tech system

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Governments must be more strategic with the $27 billion on offer to defence businesses in Australia, including opening up its new industry accelerator, according to a new report that...

Australia to review defence export controls

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Two former bureaucrats, including an ex-competition watchdog boss, will lead an independent review of Australian export control laws that will contemplate the need for greater freedoms to share technology...