"As the geopolitical landscape rapidly shifts, half the population (51%) say Australia should increase defence spending, while a minority (37%) say spending should remain at about the same level as now. Majority support for acquiring nuclear-powered submarines under AUKUS has held firm (67%)," a Lowy Institute poll on national security issue found last month.
“We’re obviously a little different. We buy and build in America,” said HII CEO Chris Kastner.
Knowing when to build on commercial systems and when to develop something new can be the difference between parity and information dominance.
This may be "the single biggest defense industry export from Australia in our history. So this is a really, really big opportunity for the nation," Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said today.
One analyst said "the imposition of tariffs likely will have a corrosive effect on American soft power — of the latent good will in the Australian political scene towards positive US-Australian security and economic dynamics."
A slate of poorly understood new tariff and sanctions rules are complicating the Trump Administration's own efforts to boost arms exports, even as sales of American-made weaponry blow past previous highs.
Trump tariffs on steel and aluminum have sparked promises of quick and strong responses from America's allies, are creating concern in the defense industrial base, and have free-trade Republicans worried.
“Tactical operating system” for warfighters has evolved to provide more situational awareness of the battlefield.
WASHINGTON: The pushback to President Donald Trump’s global steel and aluminum tariffs — announced Thursday — has been swift and blunt. Republicans, Democrats, top defense officials, Trump advisors and trade groups have all made public their misgivings, saying the taxes could actually prove harmful to national security, and end up costing the Pentagon money. But […]