Joint-capabilities

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?
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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.
Defence industry, political leaders respond to the arrest of Ben Roberts-Smith
April 08 2026
Political figures, elected representatives and veterans organisations have expressed a multitude of differing views on yesterday’s arrest of Australia’s most decorated...
Saber Astronautics AI ‘Digital Guardian’ cuts space threat analysis from an hour to seconds
April 08 2026
Australian-based space technology firm Saber Astronautics has announced the successful rollout of a new artificial intelligence platform designed to dramatically speed up how...
THE PROGRESS REPORT: Direct hit over Baghdad – the pilot who outflew a surface-to-air missile
April 03 2026
How do you stay composed when your aircraft is struck by a surface-to-air missile over enemy territory, your hydraulics fail, and you’re staring down at the city of...
Bill passes to support the Defence and Veterans’ Service Commission
April 02 2026
The federal government has passed a new bill following the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide last year.
SPOTLIGHT: Subs may be the centrepiece – but infrastructure, workforce and sovereign capability will decide the outcome, with Stantec’s Chris Waywell, Rob Sansbury and Robert Fogel
April 02 2026
The AUKUS partnership represents one of the most ambitious defence industrial undertakings in modern history, and in this episode, host Steve Kuper is joined by Chris...
Information sharing of cyber threats vital to national security
April 01 2026
Opinion: Modern conflict shows cyber operations and rapid intelligence sharing are essential to national resilience, but Australia must overcome legal, cultural and technical...
Aussie space firm Spiral Blue secures UK defence LiDAR export to boost bilateral ‘space bridge’
April 01 2026
Australian space technology company Spiral Blue has secured its first international export of a space-grade LiDAR system, delivering the capability to UK partner Lodestar...
CONTESTED GROUND: Apathy, complacency and the ‘Lucky Country’, Australia’s predicament is entirely self-inflicted, with Ben Dullroy
March 31 2026
Australia has long prided itself on being the “Lucky Country”, celebrating a culture of “she’ll be right” now that a national culture of apathy is biting at home as...