Joint-capabilities

CONTESTED GROUND: Shipping, supply chains and Australia’s exposure to a volatile system, with UNSW’s Professor Douglas Guilfoyle and Associate Professor Daniel Prior
April 20 2026
We are consistently reminded that Australia is a maritime trading nation and, as such, is exposed to all the vulnerabilities. So why haven’t we...
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PODCAST: Military drone racing, FPV integration and warfare trends, with Wing Commander Keirin Joyce
April 17 2026
How is drone racing shaping the future of military capability? And can Australia harness these skills to strengthen its uncrewed systems and workforce?
PODCAST: ADF promotions, Middle East aftershocks and dreaded Defence budget cuts
April 16 2026
Can Australia balance the cost of expanding its drone-based attack and defence capabilities on a shoestring budget? Industry is rightly worried about possible cost cuts.
CONTESTED GROUND: Successive governments have failed to prepare Australia for the era of polycrisis, with Marc Ablong PSM, Geostrategic Risk Partners
April 15 2026
The war in the Middle East has served to reveal the now metastising vulnerabilities that permeate Australia’s economic, political and strategic ecosystems, leaving the...
SPOTLIGHT: Crewed, uncrewed, mass and increasing contemporary maritime combat capabilities, with Kevin ‘Q’ Quarderer of Leidos Australia and MAJGEN (Ret’d) Mick Ryan
April 14 2026
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz and Ukraine’s masterful use of autonomous and uncrewed systems have demonstrated the need for a structural rethink about how Australia...
Adelaide Uni’s breakthrough portable atomic clock passes sea trial off Australia
April 14 2026
Researchers from the Adelaide University have successfully tested a next-generation portable atomic clock at sea for the first time, marking a major step forward for...
A window into Defence, government’s obsession with secrecy and the fanaticism of silence
April 10 2026
Silence is king in the Australian government and Department of Defence. Those who have had dealings with either group can attest to the almost suffocating claustrophobia of...
PODCAST: Fleet readiness, future warfare and Australia’s naval strategy, with Commodore Antony Pisani
April 09 2026
What does it take to lead the Royal Australian Navy in an increasingly uncertain world?
Medical readiness at the forefront of RAAF training
April 09 2026
Royal Australian Air Force members have continued to strengthen their medical resilience and preparedness in a new exercise, Viper Walk.
BAE Systems leads Canada–Australia defence collaboration
April 09 2026
Australia’s groundbreaking Jindalee Operational Radar Network has been reaffirmed by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in his most recent visit to Australia.