The Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) has launched the AUKUS Maritime Innovation Challenge 2025 (the Challenge) in partnership with the:
- United Kingdom’s Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA)
- United States’ Defense Innovation Unit (DIU).
The AUKUS Innovation Challenge 2025 is focused on undersea communications and autonomy.
AUKUS partners are seeking innovative solutions to enable some or all of the following Desired Capability Effects:
- provide near real time communications between Undersea Vehicles (UVs)
- provide near real time communications from UVs to Command and Control (C2) Systems/Battle Management System (BMS)
- provide near real time communications between seabed systems to UVs and C2 System and BMS
- provide a system that can optimally allocate the right asset to the right task in a dynamic and complex environment
- provide optimal bandwidth utilisation and effective range, and perform in a contested/congested environment.
Visit AusTender for Australian procurement documentation and further information about the Challenge.
For further information, read the media release about the Challenge.
Market briefing
AUKUS partners hosted a market briefing on 3 April 2025.
A video recording of the market briefing, including questions and answers, is provided.