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Aerospace MRO expands support in Land domain

May 18 2021

Q&A with TAE Aerospace CEO, Andrew Sanderson. Sharing MRO expertise and facilities between Air and Land platforms provides economic and operation...

Op-Ed: Strategic update from Naval Group Australia program director Graeme Bent

Australia’s Future Submarine Program is on the cusp of an exciting new phase as a new and modern shipyard rises from the ground and preparations are put in place for Attack...

May 18 2021

Building new alliances in the era of the Quad

Will the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue mean that the West should abandon Pakistan in the goal for geostrategic dominance in Asia?

May 17 2021

A practical guide to how to take advantage of government SME’s support

It is the businesses who have a track record of reliability, performance and quality that are best placed to serve our national Defence procurement needs.

May 10 2021

China's next headache, a new Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

Perhaps, just perhaps, there’s more than meets the eye with the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

May 07 2021

Counterintuitive Thinking in Negotiations

We often place a lot of faith in our own intuition when making decisions, but could this be hindering our ability to negotiate effectively?

May 06 2021

Championing the nation’s naval shipbuilding endeavour

Promoted by Defence Tasmania With renewed support from the Commonwealth Government, the Australian Maritime College is redoubling its efforts to enhance the nation’s...

May 05 2021

Lessons from Mao’s ‘On Guerilla Warfare’

What can Australia learn from Mao Zedong’s 1937 book On Guerrilla Warfare?

May 05 2021

Op-Ed: Industry confidence in future submarine project sunk

"We’re six years and $2 billion into the project and Australian industry isn’t happy. And they shouldn’t be." Senator Rex Patrick compiled his analysis on...

April 30 2021

Turkey’s growing isolation

Will there be ramifications for Turkey’s geostrategic policies in the Middle East?

April 29 2021

ASEAN must be decisive on Myanmar

The recent coup in Myanmar threatens regional stability. Conflict between the junta and the emboldened street protest movement risks the creation of a political vacuum in the...

April 23 2021

Op-Ed: Disconnected operations — Keeping military assets and critical information in sight when ‘Going Dark’

The tools to manage that 1 per cent period when military assets have no connectivity. Military organisations face increasing pressure to move to a more distributed...

April 21 2021

Recent US freedom of navigation strains US-Indian relationship

A recent freedom of navigation exercise conducted by the US Navy on the coast of India has strained the US-Indian military relationship, as the US did not provide India...

April 20 2021

Ipswich City Council launches Operation Scale-Up targeting defence industry

Promoted by Ipswich City Council Ipswich City Council has launched Operation Scale-Up 2021, a pilot program aimed at supporting local businesses to become defence industry...

April 14 2021

Iran nuclear talks plagued by series of unfortunate events

A series of unfortunate events seeks to unravel the recent dialogue behind the new Iran nuclear deal.

April 14 2021

Troop withdrawal from Afghanistan has a May deadline, will it happen?

Defence Connect Insight continues its analysis on the upcoming May deadline for coalition troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.

April 12 2021

Creating a unified space framework

Creating a unified space policy among the Quad to dominate space-based ISR and SATCOM capabilities.

April 08 2021

Tasmanian Defence Precinct to enhance naval shipbuilding

Promoted by Defence Tasmania With Tasmania already a nation-leading hub for maritime research and expertise, the new Defence and Maritime Innovation and Design Precinct will...

April 01 2021

Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in an increasingly unstable world

Airborne intel, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) defence capabilities have been identified as a critical area for improvement among Australia and her allies.

April 01 2021