PODCAST: Australian defence industry faces a changing strategic landscape, with Phillip Tarrant and Robert Dougherty

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By: Robyn Tongol

Defence Connect relaunches our podcast with co-host Phil Tarrant, joined by news editor Robert Dougherty, to discuss the latest developments shaping Australia’s defence industry.

Defence Connect relaunches our podcast with co-host Phil Tarrant, joined by news editor Robert Dougherty, to discuss the latest developments shaping Australia’s defence industry.

The pair discuss defence spending, AUKUS, sovereign capability, emerging technologies, and the growing strategic importance of Western Australia.

The podcast conversation includes the following topics:

 
 
  • Australia’s defence spending trajectory and the importance of export opportunities.
  • AUKUS and opportunities for Australian companies across the trilateral supply chain.
  • The strategic significance of Western Australia and its growing defence infrastructure.
  • The People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, and the evolving regional security environment.
  • Austal and the importance of maintaining sovereign shipbuilding capability.
  • New missile and air-defence capabilities, including JASSM-ER, LRASM, and NASAMS.
  • The rise of drones, autonomy and new approaches to defence innovation.
  • Project AIR 6500 and the development of a more integrated battlefield network.
  • The potential role of deployable microreactors for military and space applications.

Enjoy the podcast,
The Defence Connect team

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Listen to previous episodes of the Defence Connect podcast:

Episode 11: CONTESTED GROUND: Is Australia slowly regulating away its own prosperity – and, with it, its national resilience?
Episode 10: SPOTLIGHT: Building an integrated ADF through cloud and emerging technology, with Jonathon Beesley and Richard Campbell
Episode 9: PODCAST: Australia’s defence procurement is narrowing and becoming less resilient, with 127 East Advisory’s Colin Storey
Episode 8: PODCAST: Australia’s UGV dilemma and why land autonomy remains stuck in the mud, with Stephen Bornstein
Episode 7: SPOTLIGHT: Building resilience against next-generation cyber threats, with Fortinet
Episode 6: SPOTLIGHT: Quantum technology could reshape Australia’s defence advantage, with Fujitsu Australia
Episode 5: PODCAST: Digital engineering, GWEO, and the future of guided weapons, with Australian Missile Corporation and Dassault Systèmes
Episode 4: CONTESTED GROUND: Is Australia’s political discontent becoming a national security problem?
Episode 3: SPOTLIGHT: The hidden defence advantage of Australia’s commercial logistics network
Episode 2: PODCAST: The broad church – why Pine Gap remains the focal point of Australia’s anti-bases movement