"The ADF will seek space advantage to enable freedom of action by temporally assuring access and disrupting or denying an adversary use of the space domain, as required," states Australia's Concept SELENE outlining military space operations.
AUKUS Pillar 2 is driving supply chain innovation and resiliency for non-submarine technologies that are key to the three-way industrial partnership.
CDAO’s Advana data analytics platform is ingesting data from about 500 DoD business systems.
Collin Joh, an analyst at the Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies of Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, noted that this effort is part of a "progression from just bilateral to trilateral, and now quadrilateral maritime cooperative activity (MCA) formats" in the region.
“The delivery of these uncrewed aerial systems in 2025 ... is a significant demonstration of Defence and industry’s strong partnership, and intent to enhance the speed at which we introduce capabilities in support of current and future Defence requirements,” said Australian minister for defense procurement Pat Conroy.
Gen. Angus Campbell also defended the conduct of the Australian military after a recent run-in with Chinese helicopters.
"At the senior levels, there are so many two- and three-star Australians that knew two- and three- and four-star Americans. They would call each other or VTC each other, and nobody knew," one interviewee said. "We didn’t know, and we kept saying, hey, we would really appreciate it if you let us know what’s happening ... so we can help facilitate the outcomes."
Onshoring and investment in military-specific semiconductors anchor a cornerstone of the defense industrial base.
The review also takes Australia's acquisition strategy to task, saying it's too slow to get capabilities into the hands of the armed forces.
Satellite communications and space domain awareness are two key priorities for the ADF's new(ish) Space Command.
"In some cases, over at least the past decade, we've been developing that software from the US, modifying it locally for Australian Defence Force needs, and, actually, some other regional customers in Asia-Pacific," said Sonny Foster of Collins Aerospace.
"In their last three years in Government, Labor cut Defence spending by 10.5 per cent in real terms," while the current government says "Our Government has increased investment in defence to more than two per cent of GDP."
As aircraft shrink, threats expand, and technology accelerates, aircraft engines must iterate along with the threats.
A more ambitious effort for the NTIB would be to facilitate technology and data transfer for trusted partners.
"If at some point in future, you need to expand your capability, expand your military," Maj. Gen. Ryan said, "Australia’s at the end of a very long line of industrial resupply, and we might want to have the capacity ourselves."
The UK, Norway and the US have signed an agreement to work together on anti-submarine warfare (ASW) in the North Atlantic which will leverage the joint acquisition of the P-8 aircraft, another example of the US and its allies an evolving defense capability in which allies are clearly key partners. The P-8s is part of […]
Australian Air Marshal Leo Davies highlighted the “institutional interoperability which the Royal Australian Air Force was shaping with its closest allies, and notably with the US Air Force and the US Navy during his recent visit to the US. The Aussies are not simply camp followers – they are shaping a way ahead an integrated […]