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PODCAST: Enhancing the future of Australia’s unmanned undersea capabilities, Gavin Henry & Daniel Dent, Thales

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PODCAST: Enhancing the future of Australia’s unmanned undersea capabilities, Gavin Henry & Daniel Dent, Thales

The growing capability of autonomous underwater systems is changing the dynamics of undersea warfare and mine hunting. Defence Connect Podcast host Phil Tarrant is joined by Gavin Henry and Daniel Dent of Thales Underwater Systems to discuss the role industry plays in supporting the integration of autonomous systems in the future Royal Australian Navy.

The growing capability of autonomous underwater systems is changing the dynamics of undersea warfare and mine hunting. Defence Connect Podcast host Phil Tarrant is joined by Gavin Henry and Daniel Dent of Thales Underwater Systems to discuss the role industry plays in supporting the integration of autonomous systems in the future Royal Australian Navy.

In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, Henry, business development, and Dent, R&D project manager, from Thales Underwater Systems will unpack the growing synergies between industry and Defence to respond to emerging and existing threats in the underwater domain. 

The pair will also discuss the growing export opportunities emerging throughout the Indo-Pacific and European regions, on the back of Thales’ local research and development and sovereign industry capability across autonomous systems, mine hunting and the underwater domain.

Additionally, the pair will focus on complex system capabilities that Thales Underwater Systems is developing in Australia to support the Royal Australian Navy’s operational goals, while reducing the risk to human operators through the integration of autonomous systems. These developments also provide the opportunity for developing key relationships between industry, Defence and broader global customers.

Enjoy the podcast,

The Defence Connect team. 

Stephen Kuper

Steve has an extensive career across government, defence industry and advocacy, having previously worked for cabinet ministers at both Federal and State levels.

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Listen to previous episodes of the Defence Connect podcast:

Episode 11: THE PROGRESS REPORT: From the cockpit to the dockyard
Episode 10: PODCAST: Iran escalation, munitions supplies and the Middle East’s path to peace
Episode 9: SPOTLIGHT: Cyber security, DISP accreditation and building sovereign resilience, with Macquarie Government’s James Rabey
Episode 8: PODCAST: Warrior culture, special operations and private military companies, with Trevor Fortner
Episode 7: CONTESTED GROUND: We’re no longer in a BAU world, with Andrew Henderson, Agsecure
Episode 6: PODCAST: Small arms modernisation, next-generation infantry systems and sovereign manufacturing
Episode 5: THE PROGRESS REPORT: 10 seconds of courage and the ripple effect of mentorship
Episode 4: PODCAST: Defence industrial investment, Ghost Bat upgrades and Indonesia’s Gaza deployment
Episode 3: PODCAST: ADF space personnel, US Secretary of Defense cuts Harvard ties and Sydney protest fallout
Episode 2: THE PROGRESS REPORT: From Army engineering to the C-suite – breaking the glass ceiling in Defence

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