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BHP boosts Katherine Bennell-Pegg spaceflight campaign
The campaign to send Australian astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg to space has received a major boost, with BHP committing $1 milli...
Rear Admiral Steve Tiffen appointed as military adviser for UDT Australia steering committee
Navy leader Rear Admiral Steve Tiffen (Ret’d) AO CSM has been appointed as an Australian military adviser by Clarion Events.
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US Department of War, Lockheed Martin commit to increase AIM-260 missile production, foreign military sales
The US Department of War has signed a framework agreement with American defence prime Lockheed Martin to increase production of th...
Defence experts, officials to lead Land Forces 2026 strategic panel in Perth
WA head of the Office of Defence Industries Linda Dawson, Senator Ellie Whiteaker, defence expert Jennifer Parker, and Ventia’s ...
The real cost of capability: Defence acquisition from purchase price to preparedness
As Australia accelerates Defence acquisition, whole-of-life cost discipline will be essential to ensuring new platforms remain ava...
Feature Insights
Lessons from Mao’s ‘On Guerilla Warfare’
What can Australia learn from Mao Zedong’s 1937 book On Guerrilla Warfare?
May 05 2021
Op-ed: Integration and interoperability through generic architectures – A benefit to Defence, and paving the way for AIC
Generic architectures can increase capability and performance for Defence. It can lower through-life costs and cost of ownership. Defence is investing in it as a part of the...
May 03 2021
Op-Ed: Industry confidence in future submarine project sunk
"We’re six years and $2 billion into the project and Australian industry isn’t happy. And they shouldn’t be." Senator Rex Patrick compiled his analysis on...
April 30 2021
Turkey’s growing isolation
Will there be ramifications for Turkey’s geostrategic policies in the Middle East?
April 29 2021
Beware Beijing’s ‘magic weapons’
Australia and its allies must not be charmed by the CCP’s “magic narrative”, which threatens to condition nations into accepting Chinese propaganda at the expense of...
April 28 2021
How should Australia advance sovereign guided missile capability?
A new analysis proposes a blueprint for the local production of guided missile technology.
April 26 2021
ASEAN must be decisive on Myanmar
The recent coup in Myanmar threatens regional stability. Conflict between the junta and the emboldened street protest movement risks the creation of a political vacuum in the...
April 23 2021
Op-Ed: Disconnected operations — Keeping military assets and critical information in sight when ‘Going Dark’
The tools to manage that 1 per cent period when military assets have no connectivity.
Military organisations face increasing pressure to move to a more distributed...
April 21 2021
All eyes on the Indo-Pacific following Afghanistan withdrawal
President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan is an “uncomfortable but necessary” reorientation of the United States’ strategic priorities in...
April 21 2021
Recent US freedom of navigation strains US-Indian relationship
A recent freedom of navigation exercise conducted by the US Navy on the coast of India has strained the US-Indian military relationship, as the US did not provide India...
April 20 2021
Nuclear error — Did Australia’s subs selection miss the boat?
A former Navy submarines commander explores whether the Commonwealth should have given more credence to a nuclear option for the Future Submarines program.
April 19 2021
Has Indonesia ditched its neutrality policy?
Has the signing of a defence agreement between Jakarta and Tokyo signalled a shift in Indonesia’s foreign policy strategy?
April 15 2021
Iran nuclear talks plagued by series of unfortunate events
A series of unfortunate events seeks to unravel the recent dialogue behind the new Iran nuclear deal.
April 14 2021
Troop withdrawal from Afghanistan has a May deadline, will it happen?
Defence Connect Insight continues its analysis on the upcoming May deadline for coalition troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.
April 12 2021
Creating a unified space framework
Creating a unified space policy among the Quad to dominate space-based ISR and SATCOM capabilities.
April 08 2021
Space must be a cornerstone of Australian defence
Satellites provide critical ISR and communications capabilities. Why is Australia determined to lag behind other nations with building a space industry?
April 06 2021
Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in an increasingly unstable world
Airborne intel, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) defence capabilities have been identified as a critical area for improvement among Australia and her allies.
April 01 2021
Canberra must capitalise on Biden’s ‘fast multilateralism’
Australia is poised to benefit from the Biden administration’s renewed sense of urgency in the international arena, one analyst observes.
March 29 2021
Could the Quad’s next challenge lie in Africa?
The Mozambique Channel hosts 30 per cent of the world’s tanker shipping. Could a local insurgency disrupt international trade?
March 26 2021
Can Biden walk the talk on the global stage?
Will the 46th president reassert the United States’ presence in the global arena, or will internal challenges stifle his policy agenda?
March 25 2021