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Nova Systems marks a decade of support to the ADF Pilot Training System
Nova Systems has marked ten years of continuous support to Lockheed Martin Australia’s Pilot Training Systems for the Australian...
Lockheed Martin signs with US government to expand PAC-3 capabilities
Lockheed Martin has secured a landmark contract to integrate its PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptor into the Aegis Comb...
Australian Army research paper advocates for Australian national cyber reserve force, volunteer cyber organisations
A newly published Australian Army Research Centre paper has highlighted the need for Australia to establish an Australian national...
Winners revealed in Defence & National Security Workforce Awards 2026
A total of 17 winners have been selected from more than 90 finalists for the third annual Defence & National Security Workforc...
PODCAST: Anzac Day reflections, veteran support reform and ADF workforce trends, with Minister Matt Keogh
How can Australia improve veteran support while strengthening recruitment, retention and workforce pathways in the Australian Defe...
Feature Insights
Top 5 for 2024: Defence Connect’s best insight stories
The year 2024 was big for Australia’s Defence and national security debate and defence industry. In this top five, we will cover the most...
December 23 2024
Trump’s views on cryptocurrency may have unintended consequences for Putin’s Russia
A Trump White House looks set to massively deregulate cryptocurrency and make cryptocurrency mining great again as Russia looks to its own cryptocurrency ambitions.
December 20 2024
Enemy of my friend: Australia wedged between USA, China and a hard place
It’s no secret that Australia is facing an existential conundrum when it comes to its traditional alliance with the United States of America and its ongoing trade...
December 19 2024
Crystal ball gazing: Looking ahead to 2025 and beyond
As we close in on a new year, we also mark the midway point of the 2020s with a region and a world characterised by growing instability, multipolarity and great power...
December 18 2024
It won’t come cheap: What is the true cost of defending Australia?
Nobody has ever said that defending Australia will come cheap. Following a big year for defence budgeting and the national accounts in particular, this has come to the fore,...
December 17 2024
Service guarantees? National security expert calls for reimagined national service concept
It is one of the most contentious areas of contemporary public policy – national service. But now, as our region becomes more unstable, unpredictable and volatile with...
December 16 2024
Exclusive: The scale and ongoing threat of Chinese cyber espionage, with BlackBerry’s David Wiseman
BlackBerry’s VP of Secure Communications unpacks current Chinese telecommunications espionage campaigns, and what China’s next level of grey zone escalation may...
December 13 2024
Bushmaster in review: Ukrainian troops credit effective Australian armour
Ukrainian troops have given some insights and battle experiences associated with Australian-donated Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles in their fight against Russian...
December 12 2024
Better the devil you know? Post-civil war Syria raises serious questions
In a stunning turn of events, infamous Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has been overthrown by a loose coalition of rebel groups backed by various regional and global powers,...
December 11 2024
Economic outlook finally identifies long-standing structural issues but glosses over national security impacts
Australia’s prolonged economic slump highlights deep-rooted structural flaws worsened by poor policy making. Yet, we’ve largely overlooked the pressing national...
December 10 2024
18 ways to leave your lover: A big tech view of the Pentagon
Opinion: Long captured by a select group of the “in group”, the Western world’s defence and national security ecosystem has seen a costly consolidation of...
December 09 2024
Ukraine’s cyber defenders turn years of conflict into useful lessons for all
TRYZUB is a new training platform based on real-world, front-line cyber warfare experiences – here’s how it works and why it could matter for Australia.
December 06 2024
K-Rudd fiasco: Winners and losers after the Australian ambassador smear campaign
The new US administration hasn’t even taken office yet but Australia is visibly rushing to cripple its own diplomatic leadership in Washington. Who are the possible...
December 05 2024
Assessing our opportunities and threats as part of a national SWOT analysis
By leveraging a formal SWOT analysis and identifying Australia’s national strengths and corresponding weaknesses, we are better able to fully account for the...
December 04 2024
Conducting a national SWOT analysis to better respond to a future of disruption, contest and conflict
As our regional and global environment grows increasingly disrupted, contested, and shaped by actual or potential conflict, it is imperative that our leaders conduct a...
December 03 2024
US DOD reveals first-ever vision statement for south-east Asia
Continued exercises, training, capacity building, and mitigation of climate change are key planks in the United States’ relationship with ASEAN nations – but will...
December 02 2024
Playing to our strengths, creating new opportunities and mobilising our national industrial base
With the potential for regional and global conflict seeming to increase almost by the hour, it has never been more important to mobilise Australia’s industrial base to...
November 29 2024
Food security and the intersection with national security drives development of green paper
Opinion: Australia’s status as a net food exporter has led many to assume the nation is immune to food security risks, necessitating a strategic rethink about food...
November 28 2024
Well worth the wait? Discussing the inconsistencies and focusing on delivering the most lethal Hunter Class frigate
As a maritime nation, Australia depends on a lethal, survivable, and robust naval capability, something the Hunter Class frigates will play a pivotal role in delivering,...
November 27 2024
Reversing the decline: Growing calls for pollies to take the nation’s future seriously
With revelations that Australia’s living standards are now in free fall, our economic complexity in the toilet and the multipolar world rapidly turning the heat up,...
November 26 2024
