SPOTLIGHT: Strengthening Australia’s defence ecosystem, with Jon Hawkins, group CEO of Omni

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By: Robyn Tongol
SPOTLIGHT: Strengthening Australia’s defence ecosystem, with Jon Hawkins, group CEO of Omni

In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, Jon Hawkins, group CEO of Omni, joins editor of Defence Connect Liam Garman to discuss how Australia can strengthen its defence and security posture.

In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, Jon Hawkins, group CEO of Omni, joins editor of Defence Connect Liam Garman to discuss how Australia can strengthen its defence and security posture.

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Topics discussed include:

  • The growing complexities in the geostrategic environment.
  • The development of Australia’s sovereign industrial capability.
  • Strengthening the global competitiveness of local defence SMEs.
  • Emerging defence technologies and the future of autonomous capability.
  • Bolstering cyber resilience and building secure defence networks.

Enjoy the podcast,
The Defence Connect Team

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Listen to previous episodes of the Defence Connect podcast:

Episode 11: PODCAST: From hardware to algorithms – how Defence is embedding AI into warfare without surrendering human accountability
Episode 10: CONTESTED GROUND: Weak, vulnerable, backwater – Australia’s choice between strategic camps and managed decline
Episode 9: PODCAST: Undersea dominance – Australia charts the maritime future through autonomous systems and AUKUS innovation
Episode 8: PODCAST: Australian Army Cadets pathways, submarine industry growth and Australia’s fuel security
Episode 7: CONTESTED GROUND: The blind faith factor – why Australians trust an ADF they don’t understand
Episode 6: PODCAST: Defence preparedness, artificial intelligence productivity, and Australian industrial resilience
Episode 5: CONTESTED GROUND: Shots fired! Chinese missile test shatters Australia’s ‘fog of peace’, with Mike Pezzullo
Episode 4: SPOTLIGHT: Counter-drone innovation, directed energy and delivering operational outcomes, with EOS Defence Systems’ Lee Kormany
Episode 3: PODCAST: Strengthening security ties, Fiji defence pact and Australia’s counter-drone push
Episode 2: CONTESTED GROUND: Lessons from the UK in political polarisation, generational dislocation and intergenerational warfare, with Ben Dullroy, Bravo Delta Advisory