Stephen Kuper

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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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US Navy sub builder acquires advanced steel manufacturer to support expansion of AUKUS sub construction capacity

Key US Navy ship and submarine builder Huntington Ingalls Industries has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire South Carolina-based complex metal fabricator W ...

INDUSTRY • Thu, 05 Dec 2024

Lockheed Martin secures US$245m contract to support US, Australian Navy Mk 48 torpedoes

The US Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Lockheed Martin a US$245 million (AU$380.9 million) contract extension for the MK-48 Guidance and Control Mod 7 program.

NAVAL • Thu, 05 Dec 2024

Assessing our opportunities and threats as part of a national SWOT analysis

By leveraging a formal SWOT analysis and identifying Australia’s national strengths and corresponding weaknesses, we are better able to fully account for the ...

GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Wed, 04 Dec 2024

Conducting a national SWOT analysis to better respond to a future of disruption, contest and conflict

As our regional and global environment grows increasingly disrupted, contested, and shaped by actual or potential conflict, it is imperative that our leaders conduct a ...

GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Tue, 03 Dec 2024

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Playing to our strengths, creating new opportunities and mobilising our national industrial base

With the potential for regional and global conflict seeming to increase almost by the hour, it has never been more important to mobilise Australia’s industrial base ...

GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Fri, 29 Nov 2024

Food security and the intersection with national security drives development of green paper

Opinion: Australia’s status as a net food exporter has led many to assume the nation is immune to food security risks, necessitating a strategic rethink about food ...

GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Thu, 28 Nov 2024

Mobilise industry now: No time for BAU in defence procurement, warns new report

The latest report in the Institute of Public Affairs’ The Defence of Australia series has called for the creation of an Australian Industry Mobilisation and ...

INDUSTRY • Wed, 27 Nov 2024

Reversing the decline: Growing calls for pollies to take the nation’s future seriously

With revelations that Australia’s living standards are now in free fall, our economic complexity in the toilet and the multipolar world rapidly turning the heat up, ...

GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Tue, 26 Nov 2024

Australia can’t afford ‘business as usual’ on relationship with Beijing, warns strategic policy expert

Despite escalating rhetoric and several escalating provocations, Australia’s relationship with China has continued largely unencumbered, placing our economic and ...

GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Mon, 25 Nov 2024

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