Tag: Pat Conroy

North Queensland defence innovation park locked in

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A shared defence industry innovation and simulation training facility has secured federal funding of $32 million three years after it was proposed, with Labor following through on its election...

$3.4bn Defence accelerator launches under DST watch

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s new $3.4 billion Defence accelerator launched on Saturday with an interim head, marking the start of the biggest reforms to defence innovation in decades. First on the agenda...

Govt’s defence innovation reset needs more work

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Albanese government’s $3.4 billion defence innovation overhaul does not go far enough and needs more strategic work to “disrupt” a system that has for decades struggled to deliver...

Senate committee looks at Defence support for local industry

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Senate’s Defence, Foreign Affairs and Trade Legislative Committee has set up an inquiry into the performance of the Defence department in supporting the capacity and capability of Australia’s...

Govt overhauls Defence innovation programs with $3.4bn accelerator

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s industry-facing defence innovation programs will be replaced by a new accelerator in a once-in-a-generation overhaul aimed at proving up critical technologies like quantum and hypersonics to fast-track their...

Govt to acquire Australian radar manufacturer for $500m

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The federal government will spend almost $500 million to take majority ownership in Canberra-based military radar manufacturer CEA Technologies, a provider of “critical sovereign capability” to the Royal Australian...

$2m Defence innovation review dead and buried

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A $2 million review of Australia’s defence innovation system looks unlikely to ever be released after the former Coalition government sat on it for five months and the Department...