PODCAST: Building a stronger sovereign defence industry, with Shoal Group founder Shaun Wilson and Lockheed Martin’s Christopher Hess

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By: Robyn Tongol
PODCAST: Building a stronger sovereign defence industry, with Shoal Group founder Shaun Wilson and Lockheed Martin’s Christopher Hess

In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, Liam Garman is joined by Shaun Wilson, founder and head of business development at Shoal Group, and Christopher Hess, head of industrial development at Lockheed Martin Australia.

In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, Liam Garman is joined by Shaun Wilson, founder and head of business development at Shoal Group, and Christopher Hess, head of industrial development at Lockheed Martin Australia.

 

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The podcast begins with a discussion about the history of Shoal Group and Lockheed Martin Australia’s relationship, and how the pair have supported the Australian defence industry.

The trio then provide some feedback for Australian defence SMEs on how they can better enter the defence industry supply chain and collaborate with large defence contractors .

The podcast wraps up analysing the current industry climate, what both participants are hearing within the defence industry and what 2022 has in store for Shoal Group and Lockheed Martin Australia.

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