Tag: Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator

‘A new frontier’: Marles on Defence’s buying philosophy

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Defence minister Richard Marles says the concept of minimum viable capability will play an increasingly important role in bringing cutting-edge technologies and asymmetric advantage to the military. Mr Marles...

First AUKUS innovation challenge launches

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The first trilateral AUKUS innovation challenge has launched in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom to find military technologies that solve electronic warfare problems across the alliance....

ASCA swamped with long-term R&D proposals

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator’s inaugural appeal for long-term R&D projects has been met with an overwhelming response, with nearly 180 proposals submitted by industry and universities. The proposals...

It’s Defence procurement, but not as we know it

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The first major test of the acquisition powers of the Defence department’s new Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) will pass a major milestone next month with a competitive “fly-off”...

Interim ASCA head Emily Hilder made permanent

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Professor Emily Hilder has been appointed the permanent head of the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator, the Defence accelerator charged with supercharging defence innovation in Australia. Professor Hilder, who has...

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...

Fostering mission-driven industry excellence

Posted on   |  by Dr Nigel McGinty and Professor Tanya Monro
The Manhattan Project has been in the spotlight through the movie Oppenheimer. It was a mission-driven race that sought strategic competitive advantage. This was a project on a massive...

Aussie firms await path forward on AUKUS Pillar II

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
More direction is needed from Defence departments on the way forward with the advanced technologies component of AUKUS, according to a handful of Australian and American firms working in...