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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

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 White of Australian Maritime College to discuss the importance of test and evaluation in the era of autonomous systems.

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 White of Australian Maritime College to discuss the importance of test and evaluation in the era of autonomous systems.

The group discuss a range of timely matters, including:

  • The experience and lessons gathered by QinetiQ and AMC in developing the policies, procedures and knowledge base through T&E across traditional defence platforms through to the advent and proliferation of autonomous systems.
  • The history of the collaboration between QinetiQ and AMC and their history of advancing state-of-the-art T&E over a long period of time.
  • The accelerating pace of technology, which has heightened Defence’s emphasis on rapidly introducing new capabilities.
  • The emergence of challenges and opportunities as a result of the integration of various military systems with increasingly complex AI-enabled autonomous systems.
  • Balancing the need for faster testing while maintaining the same level of assurance remains a critical challenge.

Enjoy the podcast,
The Defence Connect team

Listen to previous episodes of the Defence Connect podcast:

Episode 11: CONTESTED GROUND: Alliance abandonment and realpolitik in global affairs
Episode 10: PODCAST: A taste of things to come, with shadow minister for defence Andrew Hastie
Episode 9: PODCAST: Getting our naval force structure right, with Jennifer Parker
Episode 8: CONTESTED GROUND: The expanding world of state-sponsored cyber warfare
Episode 7: SPOTLIGHT: Training – key to the National Defence Strategy, with CAE’s James Digges
Episode 6: PODCAST: Unpacking the impacts of a disruptive new US Defense secretary
Episode 5: PODCAST: Threats, theatre and tariffs in Trump’s world, with the Defence Connect team
Episode 4: CONTESTED GROUND: Regaining the qualitative advantage
Episode 3: CONTESTED GROUND: What’s in store for 2025? Part 2
Episode 2: PODCAST: Boosting women’s involvement in defence industry, with Rachel Falzon, Women in Defence Association

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