What is a Defence capability?

A country’s military capability is its ability to fight in a war.

What is Australia Defence capability?

The Australian Industry Capability (AIC) Program encourages involvement of Australian industry in supply chains. Under the program, prime contractors wishing to compete for Defence tenders over $20 million are required to identify Australian suppliers to meet the needs of Defence contracts.

What are the fundamental inputs to capability?

Fundamental Inputs to Capability

• Command and Management.
• Organisation.
• Major Systems.
• Personnel.
• Supplies.
• Support.
• Facilities.
• Collective Training.

What is sovereign capability?

In approaching development of the Priorities, we focused on a definition of sovereign industrial capability around access to, or control over, the essential skills, technology, intellectual property, financial resources and infrastructure within our defence industrial base as required.

What is IOC and FOC?

In military acquisition, full operating capability or full operational capability (FOC) is the completion of a development effort. This is usually preceded by an initial operating capability or initial operational capability (IOC) phase.

What is capability life cycle?

The capability lifecycle provides a framework that articulates patterns in the evolution of a capability from birth through maturity, and subsequent branching into additional stages of development (Helfat and Peteraf, Strategic Management Journal 24: 997–1010, 2003).

What does a capability lead do?

Reporting to the business unit Delivery Manager, the Capability Lead will be directly responsible for resource management and capability uplift – undertaking workforce planning, sourcing of project resources, along with overseeing professional development and coaching.

What are the sovereign industrial capability priorities?

Sovereign Industrial Capability Priorities are capabilities that are critical to Defence and must be developed or supported by Australian industry. The Priorities are industrial capabilities that Defence relies on to deliver its core objectives and will be managed closely across defence and industry planning.

What are industrial capabilities?

An industrial capability is a skill, facility, process, or technology needed to design, develop, produce, repair or maintain products used by the Department of Defense (DoD). Defense industrial capabilities include private and public industrial activities.