ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement
Material regulatory developments from Australian Strategic Policy Institute are tracked daily by Cresthaven Analytics. Over the last 90 days, 20 material briefs relevant to professionals operating in the defense & government contracting sector have been published below. Each brief is sourced directly from the primary regulatory feed, summarized for institutional readers, and scored for materiality.
Recent material activity
A selection of recent published briefs; this is not a complete archive.
ASPI strategic analysis identifies shared northern-domain surveillance and logistics challenges across Australia-Canada defence partnership
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute published an analysis on September 24, 2026 examining a bilateral defence technology transfer under which Canada is acquiring Australian-developed northern-domain surveillance sy…
Read the full ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement brief →ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement release pending Cresthaven Analytics full analysis: Australia’s next interoperability challenge is military AI
ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement published a regulatory release titled 'Australia’s next interoperability challenge is military AI'. Cresthaven Analytics' full intelligence brief is pending re-analysis; see the source l…
Read the full ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement brief →ASPI launches China Little Giants Tracker database covering 19,000 Beijing-designated high-tech SMEs embedded in global supply chains
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) published the China Little Giants Tracker on September 21, 2026 — a searchable database of high-tech small and medium enterprises formally designated by Beijing as strateg…
Read the full ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement brief →US Space Force confirms deployment of space control weapons amid Indo-Pacific capability escalation signals
The US Space Force has deployed space control weapons — a fact Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink confirmed publicly on September 14, 2026. This marks a departure from prior disclosures, which had been limited to capa…
Read the full ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement brief →ASPI strategic analysis urges Australian defence procurement shift toward commercial dual-use capability pathways
ASPI published analysis on September 17, 2026 calling for urgent integration of commercial providers into Australian defence capability delivery. The institute argues that existing government procurement pathways are str…
Read the full ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement brief →ASPI researchers document Chinese state-backed AI development targeting foreign audience profiling for influence operations
Chinese state-backed research is developing AI systems designed to model the cultural and political values of foreign audiences, enabling propaganda that is more precisely targeted and harder to detect. The Australian St…
Read the full ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement brief →ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement release pending Cresthaven Analytics full analysis: How Australia can execute its denial strategy long before SSNs arrive
ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement published a regulatory release titled 'How Australia can execute its denial strategy long before SSNs arrive'. Cresthaven Analytics' full intelligence brief is pending re-analysis; see t…
Read the full ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement brief →ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement release pending Cresthaven Analytics full analysis: Fault Lines – Defence bills, warning flares, Pacific cheques
ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement published a regulatory release titled 'Fault Lines – Defence bills, warning flares, Pacific cheques'. Cresthaven Analytics' full intelligence brief is pending re-analysis; see the source…
Read the full ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement brief →ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement release pending Cresthaven Analytics full analysis: Industry is building the capability and industrial base northern Australia needs
ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement published a regulatory release titled 'Industry is building the capability and industrial base northern Australia needs'. Cresthaven Analytics' full intelligence brief is pending re-anal…
Read the full ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement brief →ASPI updates China Defence Universities Tracker to incorporate Hong Kong and Macau institutions with PLA research linkages
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) published an updated China Defence Universities Tracker on September 14, 2026, extending coverage to universities in Hong Kong and Macau. The update documents research lin…
Read the full ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement brief →ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement release pending Cresthaven Analytics full analysis: China is poised to lead in research on quantum technologies. Democracies must act
ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement published a regulatory release titled 'China is poised to lead in research on quantum technologies. Democracies must act'. Cresthaven Analytics' full intelligence brief is pending re-ana…
Read the full ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement brief →China formalizes open-weight AI model diffusion through new intergovernmental body and coordinated policy instruments
China is using open-weight AI models as a deliberate foreign policy instrument. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute documented this on September 11, 2026, identifying four concurrent policy actions: Xi Jinping's en…
Read the full ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement brief →ASPI Strategist publishes strategic commentary on quantum technology adoption timelines and defense readiness gaps
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute published a commentary on September 10, 2026 examining quantum technology as a disruptive defense capability. The piece argues that adoption windows are time-constrained and that…
Read the full ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement brief →ASPI publishes analysis recommending Royal Australian Air Force shift partial fighter training to turboprop aircraft
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute published a commentary on September 8, 2026 examining Royal Australian Air Force fighter pilot training pipeline capacity and cost. The analysis recommends introducing high-perfo…
Read the full ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement brief →ASPI strategic analysis frames AUKUS submarine program as restoring Australian defence acquisition trajectory
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute published a strategic assessment on September 7, 2026 examining how the AUKUS submarine program affects Australian defence posture. The piece evaluates how successive Australian …
Read the full ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement brief →ASPI analysis documents Chinese academic assertion of territorial claim over Philippine Batanes Islands
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute published an analysis on September 6, 2026 examining a June 2026 assertion by Chinese scholars that the Batanes Islands belong to China. The piece characterizes the claim as cons…
Read the full ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement brief →ASPI strategic analysis identifies space AI as a capability solution for Southeast Asia's maritime surveillance deficit
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute published an analysis on September 4, 2026 examining how artificial intelligence and orbital surveillance technologies could address maritime domain awareness gaps in Southeast A…
Read the full ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement brief →ASPI Fault Lines edition covers South Korean exercises, Paracel Islands construction, and Pacific Islands Forum tensions
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute published its fortnightly Fault Lines security monitor on September 2, 2026, covering August 21 to September 3, 2026. The edition addresses regional order developments including …
Read the full ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement brief →ASPI commentary flags National Cabinet data centre siting gap as unresolved policy question
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute published commentary on September 2, 2026 finding that National Cabinet addressed data centre power sourcing but left siting policy unresolved. ASPI identifies the absence of a f…
Read the full ASPI Defence Policy & Procurement brief →ASPI analysis calls for formal Australia-US bilateral Defence Guidelines under the ANZUS framework at its 75th anniversary
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute published a commentary on September 1, 2026 recommending that Australia and the United States develop bilateral Defence Guidelines to strengthen Australia's deterrence architectu…
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