Tag: Australian Strategic Policy Institute

New agency to manage billions in Defence spending

Posted on   |  by David Allen
A new Defence agency will assume budget and delivery oversight of military projects from three existing capability groups, in the largest departmental shake-up in 50 years. Defence minister Richard Marles...

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,...

Material returns for the next generation of semiconductors

Posted on   |  by Dr Ian Mann and Stef Winwood
Rapid geopolitical, economic, social and environmental disruptions have highlighted the increased global reliance on semiconductors and microchips. This trend is set to continue as the world accelerates its electrification...

Gig Guide: Peter Jennings joins US cyber firm’s advisory board

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Former Australian Strategic Policy Institute executive director Peter Jennings has been appointed to the Public Sector Advisory Council of NASDAQ-listed cybersecurity solutions provider Fortinet. Mr Jennings left the think...

Critical technologies under a national security spotlight

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Quantum computing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity services and autonomous vehicles will come under increased government scrutiny, particularly around foreign interference, as part of the federal government’s new critical technologies framework...