This document outlines the Australian government's ambitions and aspirations, and establishes the overall science and technology (S&T) priorities for Defence. This strategy seeks to ensure the national S&T enterprise is nurtured and leveraged to achieve scale in the resources that are applied to research problems.

The document includes initiatives to focus resources on Defence’s highest strategic priorities, and supports more streamlined transitioning of ideas into capability. Embracing these challenges will hopefully ensure that Australia's military forces have a strategic advantage achieved through leap-ahead capabilities to prevail in contested environments.