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...
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....
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...
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”...
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...
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...
After completing a nationwide briefing tour and developing its initial signals to industry, the head of Defence’s new $3.4 billion accelerator is ready to get to work with local...
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...
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...
Posted on | by Professor Emily Hilder and Professor Tanya Monro
Australia is in an ever evolving and challenging strategic environment made increasingly uncertain by rapid technological development. This has been clearly spelt-out in the Defence Strategic Review published earlier...