CONTESTED GROUND: Is Australia ready to secure its place in an increasingly contested space domain?

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By: Robyn Tongol

Phil Tarrant is joined by Space Industry Association of Australia CEO Dan Lloyd and chairman Darin Lovett to examine Australia’s growing dependence on space and the strategic implications of an increasingly contested space domain.

Phil Tarrant is joined by Space Industry Association of Australia CEO Dan Lloyd and chairman Darin Lovett to examine Australia’s growing dependence on space and the strategic implications of an increasingly contested space domain.

They unpack the critical role space plays across Australia’s economy and national security, from positioning, navigation and timing, and communications to defence, transport, energy, agriculture, and emergency services.

Does Australia have the strategy, investment, and risk appetite needed to turn its space ambitions into a practical national capability?

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Episode 11: THE PROGRESS REPORT: Building the future – Viviene Beins on aerospace engineering, women, and Australia’s defence industry
Episode 10: PODCAST: Australian defence industry faces a changing strategic landscape, with Phillip Tarrant and Robert Dougherty
Episode 9: CONTESTED GROUND: Is Australia slowly regulating away its own prosperity – and, with it, its national resilience?
Episode 8: SPOTLIGHT: Building an integrated ADF through cloud and emerging technology, with Jonathon Beesley and Richard Campbell
Episode 7: PODCAST: Australia’s defence procurement is narrowing and becoming less resilient, with 127 East Advisory’s Colin Storey
Episode 6: PODCAST: Australia’s UGV dilemma and why land autonomy remains stuck in the mud, with Stephen Bornstein
Episode 5: SPOTLIGHT: Building resilience against next-generation cyber threats, with Fortinet
Episode 4: SPOTLIGHT: Quantum technology could reshape Australia’s defence advantage, with Fujitsu Australia
Episode 3: PODCAST: Digital engineering, GWEO, and the future of guided weapons, with Australian Missile Corporation and Dassault Systèmes
Episode 2: CONTESTED GROUND: Is Australia’s political discontent becoming a national security problem?