Advance Notice - ASCA Pitch Day 2026 - Decoy, Deception, Camouflage and Concealment

NOTE: This is an advance notice for an upcoming Request For Information (RFI). The 'Close Date & Time' applies to the notice and does not apply to the RFI. The closing date and time of the RFI will be disclosed once the RFI has been released.
The Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator’s (ASCA) mission is to accelerate the development and transition of asymmetric capabilities to the Australian Defence Force through innovation, in order to meet Defence priority needs.   
ASCA's Pitch Days provide industry and academia the opportunity to present their ideas to Defence, ensuring Defence remains aware of new capabilities and innovations.
This advance notice is for the second of two Pitch Days in 2026, and will be an RFI on new capabilities and innovations that enable agile signature management through decoy, deception, camouflage and/or concealment. 
Responses to the RFI describing such capabilities and innovations - dubbed 'proposed solutions' - must address the Challenge Statement that fall under this theme of 'Decoy, Deception, Camouflage and Concealment'. 
Respondents to the RFI that propose promising solutions (as assessed by a panel of Defence subject matter experts) will be invited to pitch to an audience of senior Defence officials, other valued guests and members of the broader defence ecosystem at the Pitch Day event, that will coincide with the Land Forces International Land Defence Exposition 2026 in Perth, in October. 
Further information on this upcoming RFI, including the Challenge Statement, assessment criteria and Pitch Day event, will be made available from May 2026.
Visit the ASCA website: www.asca.gov.au/opportunities