In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, Major General (ret’d) Mick Ryan, David Horton (vice president, Asia-Pacific at Systematic) and Robert Wilson (business development manager, Asia-Pacific at Systematic), join editor of Defence Connect Liam Garman to discuss how the Australian Defence Force (ADF) can strengthen its posture amid changes to the threat environment.
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Key topics of the conversation include:
- Reflections on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, with a specific focus on how the ADF can learn from Ukraine’s resistance to optimise its warfighting posture.
- Systematics’ all-domain offering and how it can provide the ADF with a critical advantage on the battlefield.
- The power of a technologically and socially networked military.
- The nature, importance, and role of modern military alliances.
- Building Australia’s self-sufficiency and reducing dependence on the global supply chain.
- Investing in distributed lethality v large-scale, platform-oriented capability.
- The future of warfare.
Enjoy the podcast,
The Defence Connect Team
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Episode 488: SPOTLIGHT: How quantum will revolutionise PNT and RF sensing, with DSTG’s Andrew Seedhouse and QuantX’s Andre Luiten
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