Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy’s announcement of an Advanced Capability Investment Fund is an important acknowledgement that Australia’s innovation problem is not primarily about ideas; it’s about capital architecture. But if this fund is …
Australian Defence procurement is making important steps with the idea of minimum viable capability—acquiring not an ideal system but something that’s good enough to meet the immediate threat. Now it needs to apply the same …
Ground-launched missiles for warding off enemy warships could be the next item on the table for Australia–Japan defence equipment cooperation. The candidate weapon is the Upgraded Type-12 SSM, unofficially called the Type-12 SSM-ER, which Japan …
When investors assess startup pitches, they rely on company directories and databases to understand what’s emerging and how fast it’s maturing, and to decide where to focus their attention. Defence lacks an equivalent. For decades, …
At this year’s National Manufacturing Summit, held on 23 and 24 July, Industry and Innovation Minister Tim Ayres delivered a timely message. The National Reconstruction Fund (NRF), he said, was not about picking winners. Instead, …
