Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) is excited to host the ASCA Pitch Day 2026 – Resilient Command and Control (RC2) event on Wednesday 5 August 2026 in Adelaide, South Australia.

ASCA Pitch Day 2026 - RC2 will focus on seeking innovative solutions on the below Challenge Statements, as part of the RC2 Request for Information process:

• Challenge Statement 1 – Operating in denied, degraded, intermittent and limited (DDIL) environments
• Challenge Statement 2 – Protecting and ensuring resilient command and control (C2) capabilities
• Challenge Statement 3 – Recovery of degraded C2 networks.

ASCA’s Pitch Days seek to provide industry and academia the opportunity to pitch their innovative technologies to senior Defence officials and members of the broader defence ecosystem.

Attendance options include:

• In-person:
  Registration tickets are available via the ADSTAR 2026 Summit registration page. 
  Registrations will close at 11:59 pm ACST on Sunday 26 July 2026.
• Virtual:
  Register details by completing the virtual registration form. 
  Registrations will close at 9:00 am ACST on Tuesday 4 August 2026.

ASCA will award prizes to the top pitches at the ADSTAR Summit 2026 Gala Dinner on 5 August 2026, with winners selected by a panel of senior Defence officials.

Pitch presenters

ASCA has invited 14 Pitch presenters to deliver their promising solutions at this event, held at the Australian Defence Science, Technology and Research Summit 2026 (ADSTAR Summit 2026) in Adelaide, as part of the ADSTAR Summit 2026 program.