Change is occurring across political, military, economic, social, physical and informational environments. These accelerating changes are combining with new ideas and concepts. This challenges how Army thinks, equips, trains, educates, organises and prepares.

To meet the challenges of Accelerated Warfare and realise Army’s four modernisation priorities of Connected, Protected, Lethal, and Enabled, Army needs to work closely with industry. This will allow Army to identify and invest in new Australian industry-led technologies, develop faster acquisition models, secure our supply chains, and deliver land power. These priorities will guide us in developing the future Army, as well as helping to deliver a strategy and concept-led, threat aware, and technologically sophisticated future Army.

Army’s new strategic partnership with industry will build on our existing relationships to continue to build faster and more effective ways of doing business. If we are to meet the challenges of the future we must work together to find ways to facilitate an open exchange of information, develop Australian based technologies, support innovation, and deliver mutually beneficial outcomes in the national interest.