Two of Canberra’s biggest federal government agencies are sitting out a six-month trial of Microsoft Copilot while another 7,400-plus public servants put the generative artificial intelligence assistant through its...
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...
Defence is still examining the “paper trail” of potential conflicts in its $515 million defence data project after its own data lead left in 2019 to join KPMG, the...
Australian defence scientists have carried out a series of trial electronic attacks against robotic vehicles operated by the United States and the United Kingdom as part of the latest...
Defence’s $515 million data project was poorly justified and went off track almost immediately, according to external reviews of the project that have uncovered poor governance, conflicts of interest...
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...
The Albanese government has quietly approached a small number of local and foreign quantum computing firms for information about their offerings as part of an accelerated plan to acquire...
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...
A ‘catch-all prohibition’ to prevent emerging dual-use technology from making its way into the hands of foreign militaries is being contemplated as part of the ongoing review of Australia’s...
Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) have become increasingly important in many sectors, including defence, mining and manufacturing. Indeed, Australia is a leader in the use of RAS in mining,...