PODCAST: Innovation in defence – how Australia stacks up, Nigel Whitehead, BAE Systems

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PODCAST: Innovation in defence – how Australia stacks up, Nigel Whitehead, BAE Systems

Australia is well known for its high standards in the innovation space and the high calibre of graduates coming through the ranks.

Australia is well known for its high standards in the innovation space and the high calibre of graduates coming through the ranks.

 

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In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, BAE Systems chief technology officer Nigel Whitehead joins host Phil Tarrant to discuss innovation in the Australian Defence Force and the changes within the industry over the last 20 years.

Nigel shares his views on Australia’s position in the innovation space, why he believes the Australian education system is producing higher-level graduates than the UK and what role engineers are playing in innovation.

Enjoy the podcast,

The Defence Connect team

 

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Listen to previous episodes of the Defence Connect podcast:

Episode 11: CONTESTED GROUND: Weak, vulnerable, backwater – Australia’s choice between strategic camps and managed decline
Episode 10: PODCAST: Undersea dominance – Australia charts the maritime future through autonomous systems and AUKUS innovation
Episode 9: PODCAST: Australian Army Cadets pathways, submarine industry growth and Australia’s fuel security
Episode 8: CONTESTED GROUND: The blind faith factor – why Australians trust an ADF they don’t understand
Episode 7: PODCAST: Defence preparedness, artificial intelligence productivity, and Australian industrial resilience
Episode 6: CONTESTED GROUND: Shots fired! Chinese missile test shatters Australia’s ‘fog of peace’, with Mike Pezzullo
Episode 5: SPOTLIGHT: Counter-drone innovation, directed energy and delivering operational outcomes, with EOS Defence Systems’ Lee Kormany
Episode 4: PODCAST: Strengthening security ties, Fiji defence pact and Australia’s counter-drone push
Episode 3: CONTESTED GROUND: Lessons from the UK in political polarisation, generational dislocation and intergenerational warfare, with Ben Dullroy, Bravo Delta Advisory
Episode 2: PODCAST: Defence Industry Development Strategy, Defence reform and Australians fighting in Ukraine