Tag: Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator

Quantum sensing innovators win $7.2m in ASCA contracts

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Three local quantum sensing innovators have been tapped by Defence’s advanced technology incubator to develop prototype undersea navigation solutions for warfighters traversing GPS-denied environments. Phasor Innovation, Nomad Atomics and...

Private capital to improve Defence industry outcomes: AIDN

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The government’s move to attract more private capital into Defence spending has the potential drive a major scale-up of Australian military technology, the Australian Industry and Defence Network says,...

ASCA targets future ISR tech with latest R&D call

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator has set its sights on space capabilities, pervasive sensing and other intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technologies as part of a new call for long-term...

Gig Guide: Ex-Merck vaccines chief takes helm at Brisbane biotech

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Brisbane-based biotech company Vaxxas has appointed veteran pharmaceutical industry leader David Peacock as its new chief executive as it moves to commercialise its needle-free vaccination technology. Mr Peacock comes...

Universities, defence firms share in $40m AI spend

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator has forged long-term R&D partnerships with more than a dozen universities and defence companies to develop AI and machine learning technologies that build battlefield...

ASCA issues undersea navigation challenge to deep techs

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Defence department is seeking industry proposals for an Australian-built undersea navigation system to guide autonomous underwater vehicles through deep ocean waters without GPS assistance. The Advanced Strategic Capabilities...

Defence buys quantum processor from SQC

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Silicon Quantum Computing has entered a multimillion-dollar contract with Defence that will see it provide an Australian-made quantum machine learning processor to make sense of large datasets. The Sydney-based...