SPOTLIGHT: Testing for tomorrow – how Nova Systems is building Australia’s sovereign T&E backbone

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By: Noemie Veñegas

In this episode of the Defence Connect Spotlight podcast, host Steve Kuper sits down with Tim Grabert, Michael Mulquiney and Chris White to discuss the increasing importance of Australia’s test and evaluation capabilities.

In this episode of the Defence Connect Spotlight podcast, host Steve Kuper sits down with Tim Grabert, Michael Mulquiney and Chris White to discuss the increasing importance of Australia’s test and evaluation capabilities.

The group discuss the importance of contemporary test and evaluation (T&E) capabilities as outlined in the government’s 2023 Defence Industry Development Strategy and the role it will play in shaping the future of Australia’s defence capabilities.

They also discuss:

  • The opportunities AUKUS Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 will present for Australia’s T&E community.
  • The critical role of workforce development, standardisation and professionalisation to keep pace with the modernisation of the Australian Defence Force.
  • The range of challenges emerging as a result of the suite of next-generation technologies already transforming the “joint force”.

Enjoy the podcast,
The Defence Connect team

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Episode 10: SPOTLIGHT: Subs may be the centrepiece – but infrastructure, workforce and sovereign capability will decide the outcome, with Stantec Australia’s Chris Waywell, Rob Sansbury and Robert Fogel
Episode 9: CONTESTED GROUND: Apathy, complacency and the ‘Lucky Country’, Australia’s predicament is entirely self-inflicted, with Ben Dullroy
Episode 8: SPECIAL EDITION PODCAST: 125 years of the Royal Australian Navy and Australian Army
Episode 7: CONTESTED GROUND: Australian resilience during a crisis and sovereign industrial capability
Episode 6: CONTESTED GROUND: From Tehran to Sydney – why war could reshape Australian property
Episode 5: SPOTLIGHT: Inside Australia’s AUKUS industrial transformation, with Honeywell Aerospace Australia senior director Lee Davis
Episode 4: CONTESTED GROUND: War without borders – the disinformation threat arriving in Australia
Episode 3: THE PROGRESS REPORT: The mission to make military children visible
Episode 2: PODCAST: Righting the ship, balancing the force, with Senator James Paterson, shadow minister for defence

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