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Defence has officially launched its 10-year Innovation, Science and Technology “Accelerating Asymmetric Advantage – Delivering More, Together” strategy, aimed at leveraging Australia’s scientific capability to enhance capability outcomes and advance its innovation pipeline.
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The 2024 National Defence Strategy identified that investing in innovation, science and technology is fundamental to properly equipping and preparing a modern fighting force in a technology-dominated world.
The new “Accelerating Asymmetric Advantage – Delivering More, Together” Innovation, Science and Technology (IS&T) strategy will foster emerging technology and enable the development of disruptive military capabilities to deliver asymmetric advantage for the Australian Defence Force (ADF).
Chief Defence Scientist Professor Tanya Monro said IS&T was fundamental to delivering credible and potent capability to the ADF.
“This vision integrates and aligns the Defence IS&T ecosystem to meet the government’s strategic IS&T priorities, Defence’s long-term objectives and the ADF’s immediate operational needs,” Monro said.
The strategy outlines a 10-year vision for an integrated, secure approach to innovation, science and technology capability development and translation through close collaboration between Defence, industry, universities, research organisations and international partners (the Defence innovation, science and technology ecosystem) to deliver asymmetric capabilities to the ADF. The strategy will be updated every two years to align with the biennial National Defence Strategy (NDS) cycle.
Four strategic objectives guide the approach:
- Contribute to the strategy of denial.
- Generate asymmetric advantage.
- Accelerate innovative solutions into capability.
- Grow Australia’s Defence innovation, science and technology ecosystem through strategic partnerships.
Defence’s new strategy is designed to harness the Defence IS&T ecosystem through significant investments in the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator and AUKUS Pillar II Advanced Capabilities.
Monro said, “It aligns the IS&T ecosystem to rapidly pull through emerging and disruptive technologies in response to changes in our environment and strengthens the channels that deliver information from Defence and our warfighters.”
A new nationwide Defence Research Centre model will facilitate cutting-edge research and development and link industry with researchers, Defence scientists and end users.
“The strategy balances the accelerated delivery of asymmetric innovations with longer-term foundational scientific research in areas with the highest potential to deliver enhanced capability and advantage,” she said.
The strategy encompasses the entire Defence Innovation, Science and Technology Enterprise, comprising all groups and services and portfolio bodies within Defence.
It emphasises the need for early-stage research and focuses existing efforts on key innovation, science and technology priorities described in the NDS and through AUKUS.
More information about the new Defence IS&T strategy is available here.
