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MESSAGE FROM DEFENCE INNOVATION WEBSITE NGTF PROGRAM LEAD The Department of Defence welcomes your innovative ideas, no matter how big or Dr Janis Cocking THE MINISTER FOR small. If you work for a university, research agency, multinational, have your own Chief Science Strategy and Program DEFENCE INDUSTRY business, belong to a think-tank, or anything in between, Defence wants to hear from Defence Science & Technology you. The website is home to Defence innovation priorities and helpful documents like [email protected] THE HON our new intellectual property strategy and contracting framework. It’s also where you CHRISTOPHER PYNE, MP can submit your innovation proposals to our two signature innovation programs – The Next Generation Technologies Fund and the Defence Innovation Hub. The Next Generation Technologies Fund is a cornerstone of the Turnbull Government’s 13 28 46 | www.business.gov.au/cdic $1.6 billion investment in defence industry innovation to build a technologically-advanced Australian Defence Force of the future. The Next Generation Technologies Fund and the Defence Innovation Hub form the core of a new integrated defence innovation system. The new Centre for Next Generation Technologies Defence Industry Capability is the front door and primary access point to the defence innovation system. Together these initiatives will contribute to Australia’s for Australia’s defence and economic prosperity and jobs growth. At $730 million over ten years, the Next national security Generation Technologies Fund is the largest ever investment dedicated exclusively to the development of future, game-changing Defence capabilities. This calls for the combined intellectual talent and scientific ingenuity in our nation’s universities, research agencies and industry to deliver innovative solutions that will defeat emerging and future threats, many of which have not yet been envisaged. The opportunities offered under the Next Generation Technologies Fund are varied and challenging. They demand smart thinking, intensive research and sustained collaboration to succeed. The Australian Government looks forward to these opportunities being transformed into effective capabilities for the Australian Defence Force. 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This Generation Technologies the Next leaders recognised program brings internationally together and academic partners the current defence to consider and shape long term environment, future challenges forecast environment. vision in a multidisciplinary workshop defence the opportunity have Universities to participate in the series and technology topics on science workshop focusing and a major impact on defence to have which are likely national security domains, including digital disruption. A new generation of innovators is developing breakthrough is developing of innovators A new generation required traditionally capital costs products without the huge research and development. agile approach This cutting-edge for of new leads to technology disruption, where inventions and developed are rapidly products or systems processes, Bringing ways. this problems in unexpected to known applied and national Defence for approach to the market inventive security This capability outcomes. products will improve within the accelerators program will with seek to work existing ON Prime program, such as CSIRO’s system, national innovation to support community with an interest in Defence. the start-up Program Strategic Research SMALL SATELLITE PROGRAM SATELLITE SMALL Research Networks University AGILITY ACROSS THE PORTFOLIO, INDEPENDENT OF SCALE OF INDEPENDENT PORTFOLIO, THE ACROSS AGILITY Centres Defence Research Cooperative QUANTUM COMPUTING QUANTUM Grand Challenges SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION INNOVATION BUSINESS SMALL DEFENCE FOR RESEARCH STRATEGIC RESEARCH PROGRAM RESEARCH STRATEGIC This program is modelled on the successful US program program is modelled on the successful This which encourages Research) Business Innovation (Small research and in Federal domestic small businesses to engage commercialisation. that has the potential for development can deliver companies in agile, innovative Small investments proposed Small Business The outcomes. positive exceptionally program will support Defence research For Research Innovation small and medium enterprises.undertaken by It will enable their technological potential through research them to explore strategic priorities. withprojects aligned Defence DST undertakes an ongoing program of strategic research undertakes an ongoing DST priorities. with aligned Defence initiatives Where a specific potential to be or technology domain shows new concept further into game-changing capabilities, developed research Generation will of the Next be undertaken under the auspices Fund, using partners from across the innovation Technologies hypersonics enterprise. of Australia’s development ongoing The under the be facilitated could example, research program, for Fund. Generation Technologies Next BALANCED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (S&T) (S&T) TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE BALANCED PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT Trusted autonomous systems Trusted Multidisciplinary material sciences UNIVERSITY RESEARCH NETWORKS UNIVERSITY RESEARCH For medium scale activities, the Next Generation Technologies Generation Technologies medium scale activities, the Next For Fund will to help support Networks University Research cross-disciplinary research and build academic expedite Built on and around the world. across Australia communities open partnerships in the academic and mutual investment will a robust mechanism for provide domain, these networks bringing leading research teams to address defence together will Universities priorities, DST. led by with a strategic focus while facilities scientists and specialist to Defence access get will benefit Defence contributing to ADF capability. directly brains trust. to Australia’s access from enhanced DEFENCE COOPERATIVE COOPERATIVE DEFENCE CENTRES RESEARCH Defence will co-invest in Cooperative Research Centres with Centres Research in Cooperative will co-invest Defence on high priority a focus generation next defence-relevant industry and will defence centres link technologies. The research and academia to create a vibrant collaborative on driving network focused capability innovation defence capability and defence aim is to enhance The outcomes. strengthen the academic community. Centre is planned Research Cooperative first Defence The Systems. Autonomous of Trusted the development for Advanced sensors, hypersonics and directed energy capabilities sensors, hypersonics Advanced Medical countermeasure products Medical countermeasure Integrated intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance Integrated intelligence Space Cyber Enhanced human performance Enhanced Quantum technologies PROGRAMS UNDER THE THE UNDER PROGRAMS NEXT GENERATION GENERATION NEXT FUND TECHNOLOGIES GRAND CHALLENGES GRAND Grand Challenges are highly complex defence problems which defence complex are highly Grand Challenges solutions and require cross-disciplinary defy conventional research across institutional and national boundaries. program will see strategic investment Grand Challenges The projects mission-focused number of large-scale, in a limited Participationgoals. by academic defined end with clearly and defence funded research agencies institutions, publicly industry delivery. is essential to ensure optimal outcome Threats, Counter Improvised is to first Grand Challenge The evolving threats are constantly that unconventional recognising devices. improvised explosive morphed beyond and have The Next Generation Technologies Fund will support a diverse Generation Technologies Next The projects collaborative large-scale of multi-year, range of dollars) and medium scale projects (in the tens of millions of dollars) to small scale projects (in the millions (in the low projects willhundreds of thousands of dollars). These be Some of these initiatives initiatives. under different delivered in are mentioned here while others will be announced due course. The Defence Industry Policy Statement has identified nine priority areas for development under the Next Generation Technologies Fund: Industry Statement has identified nine priority Policy Generation Defence The under the Next for development areas with the support of industry and academia. $730 million over the decade to 2026, is managed by Defence Science and Technology (DST) and Technology Science Defence by is managed the decade to 2026, over million $730 through the Defence Innovation Hub. This forward-looking program with an investment of forward-looking program with This an investment Hub. Innovation through the Defence of future game-changing concepts that can be further into military of future game-changing concepts matured and realised capability The Next Generation Technologies Fund focuses on fundamental research and the development on fundamental research and the development Fund focuses Generation Technologies Next The TECHNOLOGY PRIORITY AREAS PRIORITY TECHNOLOGY.