SPOTLIGHT: Sovereign small arms manufacturing, with Matthew Duquemin from Thales and Alexander Knott from Wedgetail Industries

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21 October 2022

By: Robyn Tongol

SPOTLIGHT: Sovereign small arms manufacturing, with Matthew Duquemin from Thales and Alexander Knott from Wedgetail Industries

In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, Matthew Duquemin (director, integrated weapons and sensors at Thales) and Alexander Knott (director of Wedgetail Industries) discuss the development of Australia’s sovereign small arms design and manufacturing capability.

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Topics discussed in this podcast include:

The history of small arms manufacturing from the Lithgow Arms facility in NSW.
Thales’ recent work delivering next-generation capability to the Australian Defence Force.
Thales’ partnership with Wedgetail Industries, aimed at developing new sovereign solutions for warfighters.
Drivers of innovation in the small arms manufacturing space.
Modifications to small arms in response to changing warfighting requirements.

Enjoy the podcast,
The Defence Connect Team

Listen to previous episodes of the Defence Connect podcast:

Episode 436: PODCAST: Private capital key to driving SME growth, with Mark Stevens
Episode 435: PODCAST: Putting veteran families first, with the Families of Veterans Guild’s Renee Wilson
Episode 434: SPOTLIGHT: Mission engineering – a missing piece of the capability puzzle, with Downer’s Rachel Hatton and Nathan Rickard
Episode 433: SPOTLIGHT: Introducing the Australian Digital Defence Industry Matrix, with BenchOn’s Tim Walmsley
Episode 432: SPOTLIGHT: What does sovereignty mean in a post-DIDS industry? With Stephen Kowal, CEO of Atturra
Episode 431: PODCAST: Developing Army’s hand-to-hand combatives program, with Paul Cale
Episode 430: PODCAST: Aussie innovation supporting navies around the world, with Jeffrey Hawkins, Pivot Maritime International
Episode 429: PODCAST: Commercialisation essential to the success of space and defence industry, with Brian Lim
Episode 428: PODCAST: Firebrand topics on Ukraine, Israel, and Australian conscription, with Corporal Matthew ‘Willy’ Williams OAM
Episode 427: PODCAST: Unpacking the surface combatant review with the Honourable Kim Beazley AC