ASCA Missions — Active Call-Outs
Helps research teams and institutions for ASCA Missions Active Outs in aerospace, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity.
The Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA), a body within Australia's Department of Defence, runs time-limited Missions to rapidly pull disruptive technologies into operational Australian Defence Force (ADF) capabilities. Each Mission is endorsed by the Vice Chief of the Defence Force (VCDF), responds to a strategically directed defence priority, and typically runs for three years with…
Defence priority capability needs as endorsed by the Vice Chief of the Defence Force; current missions include autonomous undersea vehicles, air defence penetration, long-range land force, and battlespace awareness.
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