{"id":98825,"date":"2025-08-27T04:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T04:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/98825\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T04:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T04:40:09","slug":"australian-department-of-defence-awards-three-contracts-for-quantum-and-information-warfare-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/98825\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Department of Defence Awards Three Contracts for Quantum and Information Warfare Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quantumcomputingreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-111.png\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-111-1024x521.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36465\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defence.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Australian Department of Defence<\/a> has awarded three new contracts under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asca.gov.au\/activities\/emerging-disruptive-technologies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator\u2019s (ASCA) Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (EDT)<\/a> program. The new contracts contribute an additional $9 million AUD ($5.8 million USD) to the program, which is a $60 million AUD ($39 million USD) investment over three years, with a focus on quantum technologies and information warfare. These awards are in addition to the 21 contracts announced at the end of last year.<\/p>\n<p>The quantum-specific contracts were awarded to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csiro.au\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">CSIRO<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqc.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Silicon Quantum Computing<\/a>. CSIRO will develop quantum machine learning algorithms to detect and mitigate adversarial and spoofing attacks. Silicon Quantum Computing will develop a sovereign-manufactured quantum-enhanced machine learning processor for Defence. Additionally, a consortium of universities, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mq.edu.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Macquarie University<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unimelb.edu.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">University of Melbourne<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rmit.edu.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uts.edu.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">University of Technology Sydney<\/a>, will conduct research into detecting mis- and dis-information.<\/p>\n<p>The ASCA EDT program aims to leverage Australian industry and academia to deliver new technologies that support national interests and align with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defence.gov.au\/about\/strategic-planning\/2024-national-defence-strategy-2024-integrated-investment-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">2024 National Defence Strategy<\/a>. Chief Defence Scientist, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tanya-monro-ac-0553845\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Professor Tanya Monro AC<\/a>, stated that the program is designed to foster long-term industry partnerships and accelerate capability development in key areas of priority for Defence. Quantum technology and information warfare are two of the six key Innovation, Science and Technology (IS&amp;T) priorities identified in the National Defence Strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full media release <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defence.gov.au\/news-events\/releases\/2025-08-25\/defence-backs-local-next-generation-innovation#:~:text=The%20Department%20of%20Defence%20is,Disruptive%20Technologies%20(EDT)%20program.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">August 26, 2025<\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pf-button-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/printfriendly-pdf-button.png\" alt=\"Print Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\" style=\"width: 112px;height: 24px;\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Australian Department of Defence has awarded three new contracts under the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator\u2019s (ASCA) Emerging&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[64,63,257,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-98825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-computing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-computing","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}