Joint-capabilities
SPOTLIGHT: The role of test and evaluation in securing AI’s role in defence and national security, with Graeme Bick, Ray Bright and Chris White
March 05 2025
In this episode of the Defence Connect Spotlight podcast, host Steve Kuper is joined by Graeme Bick and Ray Bright of QinetiQ Australia and Chris Whit...
CONTESTED GROUND: Alliance abandonment and realpolitik in global affairs
In this episode of the Contested Ground podcast, hosts Major General (Ret’d) Dr Marcus Thompson, Phil Tarrant and Liam Garman unpack the risk of alliance abandonment in...
March 05 2025
Is the F-35B a better option for Australia’s remaining JSF order?
With the Coalition’s weekend announcement that they would commit an additional $3 billion to round out Australia’s F-35 fleet at 100 aircraft, does the recent...
March 04 2025
ADF personnel gather for First Nations awareness, discussion
The Australian Defence Force personnel have gathered to help further integrate First Nations awareness into military policy.
March 03 2025
East coast calling: Does the Chinese task group accelerate the case for another sub base?
Successive Australian governments have flirted with the idea of establishing an east coast submarine base to support a permanent submarine capability on both sides of the...
March 02 2025
Gray Eagle®: A versatile and rugged solution for the Indo-Pacific
Indo-Pacific nations in the 21st century face the most complex set of security challenges since the Cold War: competition between great powers, rapidly advancing technology,...
February 28 2025
AUKUS Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability construction complete
A new AUKUS radar designed to track dangerous objects in geosynchronous orbit has completed construction in Exmouth, Western Australia.
February 28 2025
PODCAST: A taste of things to come, with shadow minister for defence Andrew Hastie
In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, host Steve Kuper is joined by Andrew Hastie, shadow minister for defence, to discuss the government’s response to the...
February 27 2025
New Zealand Defence Force takes delivery of aerial and remote ground systems
New Zealand’s Ministry of Defence has taken delivery of uncrewed aircraft systems and remote ground sensor systems.
February 26 2025
$3m research grant to enhance Defence capability
Five cutting-edge research projects have received a funding boost to develop real-world technologies, which tackle some of Defence’s most challenging issues as part of...
February 25 2025