Australian Defence Business Review opinion
Dear readers Many thanks for your patience during the delayed production of the Jan-Feb 2020 issue of ADBR. It’s been a massive team effort to get the magazine done while…
Australian Defence Business Review opinion
Dear readers Many thanks for your patience during the delayed production of the Jan-Feb 2020 issue of ADBR. It’s been a massive team effort to get the magazine done while…
China has continued its soft-power initiatives in the Pacific region by taking over a number of frequencies formerly reserved for Radio Australia. A June 21 report in The Australian says…
The Government’s National Security Committee of Cabinet reportedly met on May 22 to consider the way forward for Defence’s $35 billion SEA 5000 Future Frigate project to replace the RAN’s…
Happy New year and welcome to what we hope will be an exciting and successful year. The team at Australian Defence Business Review and our sister publication, Australian Aviation hope…
When we talk about seeking to acquire the ‘best’ capability, how much risk is too much risk? The ADF’s E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control platform, for instance, is…
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has turned to Christopher Pyne to deliver the defence industry plank of the re-elected Coalition government’s economic plan that is intended to drive growth in advanced…
The government has emphasised its strong support for the Australian defence industry as playing a key role in its “plan for jobs and growth” that, along with changes to the…
The launch of the Defence White Paper saw Malcolm Turnbull presenting a plan to spend about $195 billion on military capability, with the Prime Minister keen to highlight the expected…
The next time Defence Minister Andrews gets up to speak about the government’s deliverables around the forthcoming Defence White Paper, he will be sporting a brand new lexicon. No longer…
There is a well-known rule in Australian defence-industry circles about how to represent one’s enterprise at public events. Listen carefully, take notes (well, not too conspicuously), but never stand up…