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Strategy | Outstanding research infrastructure powering innovation

Providing the necessary physical and digital research environments, building Defence precincts and embracing opportunities to share infrastructure.

Defence will work with partners across the defence S&T enterprise to ensure it owns or can access the research infrastructure required to maintain and deliver current and future capability.

Research infrastructure investment and modernisation will be based on clear S&T capability planning. Modern physical, digital and information research environments will be established to facilitate teamwork and S&T collaboration, while providing researchers with suitable knowledge systems and data sources.

Flexible and secure enabling infrastructure will be used to streamline collaboration with our S&T partners, both domestic and international.

Success measures

  • The establishment of high-quality defence S&T precincts across Australia to foster closer relationships with industry and academia, creating economies of scale.
  • Increased access to, and utilisation of, capital intensive high quality research infrastructure to support the distinctive needs of the defence S&T enterprise.
  • Improved national self-reliance on critical sovereign S&T capabilities.
  • Expansion of the talent pool and research capability through collaborative activities centring on S&T precincts.
  • Stronger and more focused strategic alliances with universities and industry.

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Case study: Shared infrastructure

Defence precincts

Food processing and testing equipment.

Case study: Multi-use facilities

Maritime research facilities

3D mockup of facility in old mine.

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