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SPOTLIGHT: Sharpening the ADF’s warfighting capabilities, with Matthew Sibree, Managing Director – Indo-Pacific, CAE Defence & Security

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By: Robyn Tongol

In this episode of the Defence Connect Spotlight podcast, Managing Director – Indo-Pacific for CAE Defence & Security, Matthew Sibree, joins host Liam Garman to unpack how the company is accelerating training for Australia’s next generation of ADF personnel.

In this episode of the Defence Connect Spotlight podcast, Managing Director – Indo-Pacific for CAE Defence & Security, Matthew Sibree, joins host Liam Garman to unpack how the company is accelerating training for Australia’s next generation of ADF personnel.

  

  • The pair begin the podcast discussing the relationship between acquisition and training, and how CAE pursues multi-domain training operations to hone the capabilities of Australia’s warfighters.
  • Sibree and Garman continue by analysing how Defence can best allocate resources to optimise ADF training and the industry’s role in embedding enhanced defence capabilities in national security architecture.
  • The podcast wraps up discussing what’s next on the horizon for CAE, including advanced synthetic and simulated training scenarios.

Enjoy the podcast,
The Defence Connect team

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Episode 6: PODCAST: Defence policy, domestic manufacturing and military culture, with Senator Malcolm Roberts
Episode 5: SPOTLIGHT: LAND 156, counter-drone warfare and electronic warfare capability, with Department 13’s Ben Westgarth
Episode 4: PODCAST: Australia’s first 3D printed autonomous USV, with Josh Wigley and Harry Hubbert
Episode 3: PODCAST: Australia’s shipbuilding future, landing craft pipeline and autonomous vessels, with Austal CEO Paddy Gregg
Episode 2: CONTESTED GROUND: Assessing the fallout and implications of the latest Trump–Xi meeting for Iran, Taiwan and Australia