PODCAST: Raydon Gates Rear Admiral RAN (Retd), non-executive director, QinetiQ

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Raydon Gates

Industry stalwart and former CEO of Lockheed Martin Australia and New Zealand Raydon Gates was just this week announced to Australian board of QinetiQ at a time of growth for the business, including the acquisition of RubiKon Group.

Industry stalwart and former CEO of Lockheed Martin Australia and New Zealand Raydon Gates was just this week announced to Australian board of QinetiQ at a time of growth for the business, including the acquisition of RubiKon Group.

Gates joins Defence Connect Podcast host Phillip Tarrant and shares his insights on an industry in transition – and the critical steps organisations can take to focus on defence business opportunities, connect with government and position themselves to win more defence work.

 

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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