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The Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence, Bruce Billson, today has issued an invitation to Australian industry to apply to join an innovative Defence program designed to enhance the capabilities of the Australian Defence Force (ADF).
The Rapid Prototyping Development and Evaluation Program (RPDE) is a new collaboration between Defence, industry and academia. In September last year Mr Billson announced funding of up to $60 million over the next three years to support it. Already, the program has enlisted the support of 83 industry and academic bodies.
Minister Billson said the Rapid Program aims to harness the innovative talents of the industry, defence and academic participants in order to rapidly develop solutions to pressing issues of operational capability for the Australian Defence Force. There is a particular focus on network centric warfare.
