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Procurement transparency under the spotlight

Recent commentary in ASPI’s The Strategist suggests that estimates of jobs creation associated with the F-35 program are wildly overstate...

Maritime and Undersea Warfare

Feb 28 2020

Industry, Navy team works around the clock to return patrol boat capability to fleet

The crew of HMAS Launceston has watched on closely as the Armidale Class Patrol Boat was lowered b...

Feb 27 2020

US think tank highlights need to restructure allied surface forces

US-based Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) has released an analysis of the US N...

Feb 27 2020

US Navy deploys new anti-drone laser

In a world first, the US Navy has deployed anti-drone laser ‘dazzler’ weaponry aboard one of th...

Strike & Air Combat

Feb 27 2020

Bechtel, Kratos added to Northrop Grumman's ICBM team

Northrop Grumman has welcomed both Kratos Defense and Security Solutions and Bechtel Corporation int...

Feb 27 2020

Australia, Japan, and US commence COPE North 2020 exercise

Multilateral military exercise COPE North 2020 is currently underway at Andersen Air Base in the US ...

Feb 27 2020

NSW business pursues continued success in global F-35 program

Defence Industry Minister Melissa Price and NSW senator Jim Molan, AO, DSC, have joined Queanbeyan-b...

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Responding to the age of disruption by asking the difficult questions

Rising great power competition, mounting national debt, automation, economic instability and climate change are all serving to undermine the traditional appro...

Sorry Hewson, you’re wrong: The ADF’s primary role is to defend the nation, not disaster response

Former Liberal opposition leader John Hewson has issued a rallying cry to see the ADF mobilised to address the nation’s “greatest security threat”, clima...

Land & Amphibious

Feb 28 2020

BAE Systems secures US$113.5m contract from US Marine Corps to produce ACVs

BAE Systems has landed a US$113.5 million contract from the US Marine Corps to manufacture amphibiou...

Feb 28 2020

Rheinmetall partners with government, academia to deliver sovereign automated military vehicle capability

Rheinmetall has confirmed a partnership between itself, DST, CSIRO, the Queensland University of Tec...

Feb 27 2020

Prime Minister Johnson sets deadline for UK defence, foreign policy review

British PM Boris Johnson has billed it as the most significant rethink of the UK’s foreign and def...

Intel & Cyber

Feb 26 2020

Inaugural ASIO threat assessment underscores risks inherent to a globalising world

Speaking at his agency’s secretive Canberra compound on Monday night, ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess delivered an inaugural annual th...

Feb 25 2020

Edith Cowan Uni confirms scholarship partnership with Cyber Security CRC

More Australian women will get the opportunity to participate in the growing domestic cyber security sector, with the establishment of the C...

Feb 21 2020

Australia to contract second RAAF MQ-4C Triton

The US Department of Defense has confirmed that it will issue Northrop Grumman a sole-source contract to supply Australia with an additional...

Key Enablers

Feb 28 2020

Could end of New START treaty be a ‘new start’ to a nuclear arms race?

The only remaining nuclear arms treaty between the US and Russia is set to end in February 2021. The New START (New Strategic Arms Reduction...

Feb 27 2020

INSIGHT: National resilience – John Blackburn AO, Institute for Integrated Economic Research – Australia

On this inaugural episode of Defence Connect Insight Podcast, hosts Phil Tarrant and Steve Kuper are joined by John Blackburn AO to delve in...

Feb 28 2020

Procurement transparency under the spotlight

Recent commentary in ASPI’s The Strategist suggests that estimates of jobs creation associated with the F-35 program are wildly overstate...

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Feb 24 2020

TAFE SA, Groupe FIVA collaboration to focus on skills needs

TAFE SA has signed a memorandum of understanding with French engineering services company Groupe FIV...

Jul 12 2019

Australian War Memorial commissions first female Aboriginal official war artist

The Australian War Memorial has commissioned a body of work by artist Megan Cope, making her the Mem...

Jul 11 2019

Aussie small businesses benefit from Global Combat Ship program

Defence Minister, Linda Reynolds has welcomed news that a South Australian business is the latest Au...

Sea and Air lift

Chook unit hits operational record in support of bushfire relief

Army personnel deployed in support of the bushfire relief effort in Victoria have achieved a record ...

RAAF kicks off testing for C-130J Litening sensor pod

The Royal Australian Air Force has begun flight trials for the fleet of C-130J Super Hercules airlif...

NUSHIP Supply commissioning crew prepares for arrival of new AOR

The commissioning crew of NUSHIP Supply (II) donned ships hats and badges for the first time on Mond...

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Feb 28 2020

Procurement transparency under the spotlight

Recent commentary in ASPI’s The Strategist suggests that estimates of jobs creation associated with the F-35 program are wildly overstate...

Could end of New START treaty be a ‘new start’ to a nuclear arms race?

The only remaining nuclear arms treaty between the US and Russia is set to end in February 2021. The New START (New Strategic Arms Reduction...

Rheinmetall partners with government, academia to deliver sovereign automated military vehicle capability

Rheinmetall has confirmed a partnership between itself, DST, CSIRO, the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and RMIT as part of the A...

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Nautilus -

Rod5 wrote:

Just a few questions:
1. Would a nuclear powered submarine force be politically acceptable to the Australian general public?
A1: Yes of course as the...

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Nuclear sub debate continues to gain traction in s... - 13 hours ago.

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Phil Eagle wrote:

Still waiting to see or hear if the RAN will be ordering 6 of the Austal FFG(X)'s this year to bulk up our littorals in and around the Malaysian,...

Austal USA delivers 11th Independence Class LCS - 14 hours ago.

Jasper - From an article on 27 Feb 2020, it looks like the US may now [url=http://https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/us-to-pause-production-of-australias-triton-drones/]pause the production[/url] of both US and AU Tritons according to The Strategist

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Australia to contract second RAAF MQ-4C Triton - 14 hours ago.

A Dose of Reality - A well-reasoned appraisal.
Although I do not agree that Australia needs a ship with expeditionary capabilities. AUSTAL LCD's would be a better fit -.......

US think tank highlights need to restructure allie... - 16 hours ago.

Anonymous - The type 31 is brilliant and cheap with a commercial parts catalogue readily available through a world wide supply chain. Why it wasn’t even.......

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