ASCA released its first opportunity statements, approved by the Chief Scientist and aligned to Defence innovation, science and technology (IS&T) priorities.
An ATM was released on AusTender - Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator - Emerging Disruptive Technologies - Exploration - 2023. The ATM called for the submission of white papers by industry and academia which identify external capability and propose approaches for addressing the IS&T priority areas of:
- information warfare (synthetic media and disinformation)
- quantum technologies (all areas).
Selected partners were shortlisted from their white paper responses and invited to co-design work packages with Defence.
The approach to market closed on 9 February 2024.