The Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) is excited to host its second ASCA Pitch Day for 2026 focused on Decoy, Deception, Camouflage and Concealment (DDCC). The event will take place on Monday 5 October 2026 in Perth, Western Australia.
ASCA is seeking innovative solutions that address the following Challenge Statement:
How might Defence better disguise its signatures including the disposition, movement, endurance and intentions of Australian Defence Force assets (including fixed facilities, equipment, digital systems, military platforms and warfighting supplies) using novel physical and non-physical (electronic warfare, cyber and influence) denial and deception technologies to degrade adversary intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting capabilities?
The Request for Information (RFI) closed on 9 June 2026, with evaluations complete.
This event will be held in Perth, Western Australia coinciding with the Land Forces International Land Defence Exposition 2026.
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.
Pitch presenters
ASCA has invited 15 Pitch presenters to the event to deliver promising solutions, providing an opportunity to showcase innovative technologies to senior Defence representatives and key stakeholders across the defence innovation ecosystem.
| Company name | Pitch title | State |
|---|---|---|
| Arc Professional Services | Echo Mimic – distributed cognitive Electronic Warfare swarm for agile signature deception | ACT |
| Flinders University | GhostNet: An Agile Maritime and Air Surveillance Deception System | SA |
| Liarbird | Cyber Denial and Deception Platform | ACT |
| Mellori Solutions | CHAMELEON – Command Directed Adaptive Signature Management System | NSW |
| Motorola Solutions | VQT2 Radio Frequency Emulator | VIC |
| Narrowband | Decoy Radio Capability Proposal | NSW |
| Nomis Engineering | The Trojan Caravan: Combat Deception through Grey Nomad Patterns | VIC |
| PentenAmio | Theatre-wide Adaptive Electronic Deception Orchestration | ACT |
| Raytheon Australia | Ghost Shroud | ACT |
| Red Hat | Virtual Large Language Model enabled deception and camouflage in the cyber domain | NSW |
| Saab Australia | Saab’s Wearable Camouflage | ACT |
| Southern Foundry | Data Capture Device: Reducing Signatures through Data-Driven Command and Control. | VIC |
| Southtome | Affordable Ultra Low Observable technology | SA |
| Tactira | Probabilistic Joint Restricted Frequency List | ACT |
| Whipbird Signals | Noisy Miner Swarmable Counter-Radar Emitter | QLD |
Prize winners
ASCA awarded prizes to the top pitches at the Pitch Day on 5 October 2026, with winners selected by a panel of senior Defence officials.
| Prize | Pitch presenter and organisation | Pitch title |
|---|---|---|
| Innovation Award Winner | Mr Daniel Sweeney, PentenAmio | Theatre-wide Adaptive Electronic Deception Orchestration |
| Innovation Award Finalist | Dr Robby McKilliam, Whipbird Signals | Noisy Miner Swarmable Counter-Radar Emitter |
| Innovation Award Finalist | Mr Nick Tamblyn, Liarbird | Cyber Denial and Deception Platform |
| Best Presenter Award | Mr Heysen Siegfried, SAAB Australia | Saab’s Wearable Camouflage |
Video recording
ASCA Pitch Day 2026 – DDCC Pitch Presentation video recording
Details
Date
5 October 2026,9:00 am – 12:00 pm