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Innovation for Major Defence Capabilities Defence Innovation Forum 2014. Vice Admiral Peter Jones, AO, DSC, RAN Chief Capability Development Group. Topics Covered. Criticality of Innovation to Defence Capabilities Innovation success factors Innovation: A Key Variable
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Innovation for Major Defence CapabilitiesDefence Innovation Forum 2014 Vice Admiral Peter Jones, AO, DSC, RAN Chief Capability Development Group
Topics Covered • Criticality of Innovation to Defence Capabilities • Innovation success factors • Innovation: A Key Variable • Role of innovation in capability development • Challenges for innovation • What we have learnt • Current innovation programs • Spectrum of Defence innovation Capability Development Group
Criticality of Innovation to Defence Capabilities • Superior decision-making based on better intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance • Better training or professional mastery • More capable and networked systems • Greater use of Innovation Capability Development Group
Innovation Success Factors • Awareness of context; • quality of innovating concept; • continuous collaboration • delivering innovation project outcomes • confidence in innovation-to-capability realisation • long-term commitment • manage risk rather than avoid it Capability Development Group
Innovation: A Key Variable • Sources of innovation • Overseas • Alliances • Domestic • Industry • Academia • DSTO etc Capability Development Group
Ikara Role of Innovation in Capability Development Capability Development Group
Jindalee OHR Role of Innovation in Capability Development Capability Development Group
Nulka Role of Innovation in Capability Development Capability Development Group
Bushmaster Role of Innovation in Capability Development Capability Development Group
ANZAC ASMD Role of Innovation in Capability Development Capability Development Group
Challenges for Innovation • Coordination and integration across programs- Alignment of disparate program stakeholders with specific interests- Follow development of ideas from ‘concepts’ to ‘systems’ • Flexibility in Defence capability funding • Inherent tension between innovation and risk- Risk management • Linking end-users to innovation base • Inclusion of Australian and International academia • Generation of innovative new ideas- Defence Innovation Forum (DIF) Capability Development Group
What we have learnt Defence innovation needs: 1. Sustainable innovation market • reliable business opportunities (genuine, enduring user needs) • long-term industry planning and investments 2. Solid innovation base • industry, academia, cooperative research organisations • R&D capabilities and capacity • innovation culture 3. Organisational structure and processes to link innovation base to users • early engagement • understanding of capability needs • ongoing collaboration Capability Development Group
Current Innovation Programs • Capability Technology Demonstrator (CTD) - DSTO • Unsolicited Innovative Proposals (UIP) Scheme - DSTO • Rapid Prototyping, Dev’t and Evaluation (RPDE) - CDG • Defence Materials Technology Centre (DMTC)- Dept. of Industry, DMO • Diggerworks – DMO • Defence Innovation Realisation Fund (DIRF) • PIC Development Fund (PICDF) • Senior Innovation Steering Committee - Project Initiation and Review Board (PIRB) Capability Development Group
PIRB (Oversight) DIRF (Fund) High Digger- works DMTC System maturity PIC DF RPDE CTD DIF R&D Low Low High Technology maturity Spectrum Of Defence Innovation
Questions? Capability Development Group