PODCAST: Defence industry at Avalon Airshow, with Honeywell Aerospace’s Lee Davis

Joint-capabilities

17 April 2025

By: Robyn Tongol

In this special defence aviation episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, host Robert Dougherty catches up with Honeywell Aerospace Technologies senior director Lee Davis on the sidelines of the Avalon Australian International Airshow.

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The pair explore aspects of the changing regional defence landscape in Australia, including:

Changes in the Australian defence industrial base and a big picture approach to the AUKUS trilateral defence partnership between Australia, the US and the UK.
The continuing discussion regarding servicing and operations of Royal Australian Air Force F-35 aircraft and the broader Asia-Pacific F-35 fleet.
Honeywell’s perspectives on the current geopolitical and defence landscape, and what that might mean more practically for technology providers.

Enjoy the podcast,
The Defence Connect team

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Listen to previous episodes of the Defence Connect podcast:

Episode 11: PODCAST: Aerobatics, military aviation and Australian air shows, with Paul Bennet
Episode 10: CONTESTED GROUND: Australia and the West must ask themselves new questions in the face of the modern world, with Robbin Laird
Episode 9: PODCAST: Black Hawk capability, B-21 bomber debate, and upcoming budget
Episode 8: PODCAST: Supermarine Spitfire, warbird aviation and modern aerial innovation, with Keith Russell
Episode 7: PODCAST: Bushmaster PMV funding, long-range strike expansion and cyber defence
Episode 6: PODCAST: Space Command workforce expansion and operationalising the domain, with Major General Gregory Novak AM
Episode 5: CONTESTED GROUND: The Defence budget, inflationary pressures and domestic information warfare
Episode 4: SPOTLIGHT: Maritime sustainment, mission-ready maintenance and resilient fleet capability, with Serco’s David Astbury
Episode 3: PODCAST: Anzac Day reflections, veteran support reform and ADF workforce trends, with Minister Matt Keogh
Episode 2: SPOTLIGHT: Open-source growth across defence and national security, with SUSE CMO Margaret Dawson