Tag: Sovereign Capability

Defence-backed computer vision firm eyes export opportunity

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Sydney-based computer vision startup Visionary Machines is eyeing global expansion, buoyed by “fantastic” support from the Department of Defence and its new approach to smaller tech suppliers. After five...

Solar Sunshot subsidies to flow from 2026

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Solar module manufacturers will start competing for their share of $1 billion in production subsidies within months, with funding expected to flow from mid-2026 to help meet a 10...

Scale up govt innovation procurement to $100m, tech group says

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government must quadruple funding to its innovation procurement program and establish a public sector accelerator to bring down the walls around government contracts for smaller firms, according...

EU and Australian rare earths goals can coexist: EU energy chief

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The European Union’s target to meet a large proportion of its critical minerals processing needs domestically can coexist with Australia’s sovereign capability ambitions, according to the bloc’s energy commissioner...

Pocock urges tech firms to engage on sovereign capability

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Independent senator David Pocock has appealed to local tech companies to have their say on government procurement policy by making a submission to a Senate committee looking at developing...

Foreign vendor ‘dependence’ risking Aussie AI opportunity

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Universities are calling for a National Centre for AI in education to share best practice and costly infrastructure, warning researchers and educators are currently reliant on foreign vendors and...

ASCA spends $1.2m on 11 aerial drone prototypes

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Defence department’s Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator has signed contracts worth $1.21 million for the delivery of 11 different prototype drones as its first innovation incubation challenge moves to...

Senate to probe tech sector’s ‘sovereign capability’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Parliament will investigate “sovereign capability in the Australian tech sector” over six months next year after David Pocock had the issue referred to the Senate’s finance committee on Wednesday....