Local companies have called on the federal government to aggressively support local dual-use technology exports to reach an internationally competitive scale, as a pathway to developing Defence capability. The...
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A panel of Australian-only defence industry suppliers should be created by the Department of Defence to support advanced capability and build supply chain resilience, two local firms have argued...
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Defence’s Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator is seeking information on Australian sovereign uncrewed aerial system and trusted autonomy capability, as it begins industry engagement for its first innovation challenge. Through...
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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...
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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...
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The motley of laws and regulations that apply to robotics must be reviewed in order to pinpoint barriers and growth opportunities for the fledgling sector, the Defence Science and...
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A shared defence industry innovation and simulation training facility has secured federal funding of $32 million three years after it was proposed, with Labor following through on its election...
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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...
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The Department of Defence has looked to Singapore for a new executive to oversee its extensive technology estate and multibillion-dollar SAP upgrade, hiring explosive makers Orica’s tech exec Chris...
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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...
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With more attention and more money being applied to building local defence capability, the Department of Defence has set ambitious new targets for getting more STEM-qualified women into technical...
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The Accenture-built myClearance vetting system is now “working as technically designed”, according to officials at the Department of Defence, but it will take at least another half a year...
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More than 430 surveillance and security devices built by manufacturers linked to the Chinese Communist Party have been identified on Defence premises since the beginning of February, as a...
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The Department of Defence is yet to undertake any independent assurance checks of its more than $233 million worth of active PwC contracts in the wake of the tax...