The Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) is now seeking innovative asymmetric solutions as part of ASCA’s Pitch Day 2025.
The Request for Information (RFI) seeks sovereign solutions from Australian industry and research organisations to the following Challenge Statements grouped into 2 themes:
- Theme 1 – Power and Energy seeks innovative solutions on energy sources for deployable and fixed sites, and agile operation capabilities.
- Theme 2 – Acoustic Data Collection and Processing seeks innovative solutions on sensors, edge processing and high-performance computing for data processing.
Down-selected respondents will be invited to attend ASCA’s Pitch Day scheduled for Monday 3 November 2025 in Sydney.
A virtual market briefing is scheduled on Thursday 21 August at 11 am AEST. Attendees must complete and submit the registration form prior to the event. Registered attendees will be able to join the live stream event via the ASCA event login page, entering their registered email address.
As outlined in the Defence Industry Development Strategy, pitch days will allow industry and academia to present their ideas to Defence, allowing for insights into new capabilities and innovations.
Information on the ASCA Pitch Day 2025 RFI can be accessed through AusTender. This RFI closes on Monday 8 September at 2:00 pm AEST.