Tag: Defence industry

Defence supply chain program skews to a handful of SMEs

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Fewer than a dozen companies secured most of the benefit under Defence’s Global Supply Chain Program in its first 15 years, according to an independent review kept under wraps...

Defence accelerator clocks one year at top speed

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Defence’s Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator is firing on all cylinders, according to its head Professor Emily Hilder, who says she is “surprised” by how much work her small team...

Albanese reshuffle boost for Defence Industry, Cyber and FMiA

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Defence Industry minister Pat Conroy has been elevated to Cabinet in Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s ministerial reshuffle announced on Sunday, underscoring the central importance of government’s AUKUS-related industrial development...

Defence doubles primes in global supply chain program

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Defence has almost doubled the number of multinational prime contractors it is paying to engage with local businesses through its long-running Global Supply Chain Program. Defence Industry minister Pat...

Defence-backed computer vision firm eyes export opportunity

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Sydney-based computer vision startup Visionary Machines is eyeing global expansion, buoyed by “fantastic” support from the Department of Defence and its new approach to smaller tech suppliers. After five...

$60m SA tech academy shifts focus from digital to defence

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A planned technology training academy at Adelaide’s Lot Fourteen innovation precinct is set to open in 2026 after shifting its original focus from digital to Defence at the request...

ASCA widens pool for AUKUS innovation challenge

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s Defence accelerator has widened the pool of companies that will be eligible to apply for the first trilateral AUKUS innovation challenge just a week before it was scheduled...

Govt eyes future ASCA expansion

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Albanese government has opened the door to expanding the remit of Defence’s Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator to other national security agencies less than a year after it was...