The Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) has released a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (EDT) Persistent and Pervasive Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (P2ISR).
Working in close collaboration with defence industry and academic research organisations, ASCA’s EDT program focusses on shaping and future proofing the Defence innovation ecosystem.
Approach to market
The RFP is available on AusTender, closing at 2 pm AEST on Monday 18 May 2026.
Respondents are requested to provide solutions to at least one of the 5 opportunity statements:
- How might we develop resilient, deployable, low size-weight-and-power edge processing and/or processors so that large volumes of sensor data from various sources can be analysed, interpreted, compressed and transmitted in order to reduce the burden on network bandwidth, platform constraints and human cognition?
- How might we develop technologies that underpin a communications network at the edge, in a congested, contested and complex EM environment, so that sensors within sensor webs can be independently networked and integrated into a common tactical picture?
- How might we develop persistent and pervasive sensing capabilities (active or passive), so that we can identify/monitor objects, people and/or signals across any number of detection ranges and/or environments?
- How might we develop a trusted automated system, or systems, so that we can conduct ISR in difficult and dangerous environments with minimal intervention?
- How might we develop capabilities so that we identify, deceive or deny adversary ISR capabilities in a range of environments and domains?
For any queries regarding the RFP email asca.edt@defence.gov.au.
A virtual market briefing will be held on Thursday 16 April at 1 pm AEST. Registration is available via the RFP AusTender page and will remain open until the commencement of the briefing.