The 2024 edition of ADSTAR, the Australian Defence Science, Technology and Research Summit, will be held at the National Convention Centre in Canberra on 17-19 Seotember. ADSTAR 24 builds on the success of the inaugural ADSTAR which was held in…
Defence has selected 11 Australian companies to manufacture drone, or Uncrewed Aerial System (UAV), prototypes in contracts worth a total of $1.21 million. The eleven companies will each provide a prototype of a UAS for demonstration in April along with…
Defence’s Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) has released its first Approach to Market (ATM) for the Mission Program. Industry and research partners have been invited to respond to a Request for Proposal (RFP) to help co-design and deliver ASCA’s first…
Defence’s Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator, ASCA, is seeking white paper proposals as part of the Emerging and Disruptive Technologies Program (AusTender RFP ATM ID: ASCA-EDT-EXPLOR-2023). ASCA’s EDT program focuses on shaping and future-proofing the innovation ecosystem, through investment in long…
Just one month after its formation Defence’s Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) has issued a Request for Information for its first Innovation Challenge. ASCA is seeking information to support an Australian sovereign Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) and trusted autonomy industrial…
Australia’s 2023-24 Defence Budget was handed down on 9 May 2023, less than a month after the release of the unclassified Defence Strategic Review (DSR). It follows much the same trajectory as the budgets handed down last year: the budget…
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles and the Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy MP with Chief Defence Scientist Professor Tanya Monro announcing the establishment of the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator. Image: Defence Defence will invest $3.4 billion…
Leidos Mayhem hypersonic missile. Image: Leidos Defence will invest $3.4 billion over the next decade to establish the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA). The new Accelerator will replace the Defence Innovation Hub and Next Generation Technologies Fund (NGTF), which the…