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G58 - Army Advanced Capabilities (AAC)

Army Advanced Capabilities (AAC) is Army's dedicated organisation for exploring, experimenting with and assessing emerging technologies. Known within Army Headquarters as G58, AAC helps Army understand how emerging and advanced capabilities can contribute to future operational concepts. In doing so, AAC informs Army’s capability development and acquisition process.

Mission: Lead Army's exploration, experimentation and evaluation of emerging technologies to inform future land capability, accelerate adaptation and enable the integration of advanced capabilities into future land warfare.

Supporting Australia's Defence Transformation

The National Defence Strategy and Integrated Investment Program establish a clear pathway towards a more integrated, focused and capable Australian Defence Force.

As Defence adapts to evolving strategic challenges, AAC plays a critical role in identifying and assessing technologies that can enhance Army’s warfighting effectiveness, improve resilience, and deliver decision advantage across the land domain.

Through experimentation, collaboration and rigorous evaluation, AAC helps ensure Army remains prepared to generate credible land power and contribute to deterrence through denial in support of Australia's national defence.

Delivering Strategic Outcomes

Our work contributes to four key lines of effort:

Explore - Build an intelligence-led network that explores, identifies, and translates emerging technologies to land-domain opportunities for future asymmetric advantage.

Experiment - Disciplined experimentation in support of G5 initiatives and HMT approaches, linking advanced capabilities with future land concepts.

Institutionalise - Establishing adaptable governance frameworks and enabling systems of infrastructure that support rapid capability realisation of selected capabilities.

Orchestrate - Integrate efforts across industry, academia, and the Defence innovation ecosystem to inform G5 plans for future land warfare.

Partnering with Industry

Innovation is achieved through collaboration.

AAC actively engages with industry, research organisations, academia and government partners to identify, test and mature technologies that address Defence challenges and contribute to national resilience.

Through these partnerships, AAC supports sovereign industrial capability, accelerates innovation pathways and strengthens Australia’s defence innovation ecosystem.

Leadership in Advanced Capabilities

As emerging technologies become increasingly important to Defence capability, AAC is committed to responsible innovation and capability stewardship.

Our approach emphasises:

Ethical and accountable use of artificial intelligence.
Transparent, evidence-based experimentation and evaluation.
Responsible integration of emerging technologies into Defence capability.
Compliance with Defence governance, policy and assurance frameworks.
Safe, effective and operationally relevant outcomes.

By balancing innovation with disciplined oversight, AAC helps build confidence in the adoption and employment of advanced Defence technologies.

Shaping the Future Together

Australia’s strategic environment is becoming more complex, contested and uncertain.

Through innovation, experimentation and collaboration, AAC is helping Army accelerate adaptation, integrate advanced capabilities and strengthen its contribution to the Integrated Force. By identifying opportunities today and preparing for the challenges of tomorrow, AAC is helping shape a more capable, resilient and lethal Army for the future.