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In a mid-2024 conversation with a senior Defence member, the issue of the criticality of data within the Defence environment was raised. The Defence member noted that he was thinking of creating ‘Data’ as another ‘Fundamental Input to Capability’ (FIC). This white paper explores the option of setting data as a Supply Item (noting that Supply is already a FIC) rather than extending the FIC model.
Read the paper (PDF): WP – Data – Supply or FIC
The Australian Government First Principles Review (FPR) into the Department of Defence in 2015 was a driver for greater consideration of Industry as a component of achieving Defence-related outcomes. Defence decided to achieve this by adding ‘Industry’ to the FIC framework. However, this caused some confusion and people were unsure on what it really meant. This white paper explores the value and strategic meaning behind ‘Industry as FIC’.
Read the paper (PDF): WP – Industry as FIC (2020)
As you read this paper, consider whether Defence (in the intervening years) has progressed towards the type of understanding needed for viable sovereign industry support.