PODCAST: The art of the possible — Gabby Costigan, CEO of BAE Systems Australia

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By: Robyn Tongol
Gabby Costigan

In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, CEO of BAE Systems Australia Gabby Costigan provides listeners with an operational update of BAE’s programs in Australia including the recent milestones that the company has achieved with the Hunter Class Frigate program.

In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, CEO of BAE Systems Australia Gabby Costigan provides listeners with an operational update of BAE’s programs in Australia including the recent milestones that the company has achieved with the Hunter Class Frigate program.

  

 
 

Costigan continues by describing the role that BAE Systems has played in facilitating the growth of Australia’s shipbuilding industry, as well as how the company is facilitating the expansion of Australia’s sovereign defence industry and workforce.

The podcast closes with a discussion about the array of other innovative concepts spearheaded by BAE, including the company’s autonomous systems which have contributed to Boeing’s Loyal Wingman and other potential collaborations with the Australian Army.

Enjoy the podcast,
The Defence Connect team

 

 

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Listen to previous episodes of the Defence Connect podcast:

Episode 11: CONTESTED GROUND: Australia’s sovereign capability reckoning – why the system is no longer fit for purpose
Episode 10: PODCAST: Defence export ambitions, drone technology and defence manufacturing hubs
Episode 9: PODCAST: Offshore manufacturing, defence procurement and industrial resilience, with Philippe Odouard and David McLaughlin
Episode 8: SPOTLIGHT: Cyber warfare, autonomy and the future of defence, with Palo Alto Networks’ Tom Scully and MAJGEN (Ret’d) John Davis
Episode 7: CONTESTED GROUND: Fortune favours the bold – building a national security strategy for the 21st century, with Marc Ablong
Episode 6: PODCAST: Developing Australia’s ability to take a hit and keep fighting, with the honourable Andrew Hastie MP, shadow minister for industry and sovereign capability
Episode 5: PODCAST: AUKUS expansion, artillery manufacturing and Australia’s regional defence role
Episode 4: SPOTLIGHT: Building mass, capability and trust with autonomous and uncrewed systems, with Michael Mitchell, Elysium EPL director
Episode 3: PODCAST: Defence policy, domestic manufacturing and military culture, with Senator Malcolm Roberts
Episode 2: SPOTLIGHT: LAND 156, counter-drone warfare and electronic warfare capability, with Department 13’s Ben Westgarth