Tag: ASPI

R&D, too, is a fundamental input for defence capability

Posted on   |  by Chris Mills
Machines alone don’t create an ability to fight a war. Recognising this, the Australian Defence Organisation classifies equipment as just one ‘fundamental input to capability’—alongside such things as people,...

How Australia can supercharge defence innovation efforts

Posted on   |  by Henry Campbell
‘High-tech trench warfare’ was an oxymoron – until Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. On Ukraine’s battlefields, Cold War artillery meets 21st-century innovation. Shells fall while AI-enabled drones...

Anxiety and hope flavour the ‘democratisation of AI’

Posted on   |  by Jason Stevens
AI disinformation in local communities may pose a more significant threat than Taylor Swift deepfakes or Biden robocalls, subtly undermining societal trust where it’s most vulnerable.  “Especially so in...

Bridging the funding gap between industry and Defence

Posted on   |  by David Waterhouse
The Valley of Death is real. As any Deep Tech or advanced manufacturing entrepreneur knows, there is a chasm between innovation and commercialisation that must be fully funded or...

AUKUS closes gap on China’s critical tech lead

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
AUKUS puts the collective research might of the three allies ahead of China in critical technologies like robotics and quantum sensing, and closes the gap in others, new research...