When submissions to the government’s request for expressions of interest (REOI) for the Advanced Capability Investment (ACI) fund close this afternoon, officials will face a familiar challenge: not a shortage of proposals, but uncertainty about …
China’s newly released 15th five‑year plan offers a revealing insight into how Beijing understands future military power. Among quantum technologies, nuclear fusion energy, embodied intelligence and 6G communications, the plan identifies brain‑computer interfaces (BCIs) as …
Iranian research years ago pointed to development of the strike drones that have been lighting up air defences across the Gulf and, by threatening shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, holding the world economy hostage. …
Australia should restart domestic helium production. Government action will be needed for it to do so. Iranian strikes on Qatar’s Ras Laffan gas complex have knocked out roughly a third of the world’s helium supply. …
China is no longer merely leading the research in major technology fields. It’s also moving towards a monopolistic position in most of them, the latest update of ASPI’s Critical Technology Tracker shows. As wars in …




