Defence will publish its first innovation strategy since 2020 later this year to capture seismic changes to policy, procurement and budgets, while putting a new premium on experimentation and...
Defence has put local dual-use technologies like quantum, sensors and rocket propulsion on its radar to develop an asymmetric advantage amid a geostrategic environment that is demanding capability sooner....
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...
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...
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...
Initiatives under AUKUS Pillar II have been given a $151.6 million Budget commitment over the forward estimates, with around $900 million committed to broader Defence innovation programs over the...
Australia’s industry-facing defence innovation programs will be replaced by a new accelerator in a once-in-a-generation overhaul aimed at proving up critical technologies like quantum and hypersonics to fast-track their...
A government review of Australia’s defence innovation system has been released more than a year after it was completed, but heavy redactions based on public interest claims have kept...
A $2 million review of Australia’s defence innovation system looks unlikely to ever be released after the former Coalition government sat on it for five months and the Department...