APDR March 2020 Editorial: Triton Production Freeze – An opportunity for the RAAF?

Every cloud has a silver lining, right? That is a very apt metaphor for the situation concerning the Triton MQ-4C – the High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) uninhabited aerial system being acquired as part of AIR 7000 Phase 1B. The RAAF has contracted for one of these massive aircraft – with five more to come. A seventh Triton remains on the RAAF’s wish list.

At first the Presidential budget request for Defense spending – made public on February 10 – looked to have jammed a giant spanner into the spokes of that wheel by stopping construction of Tritons for the next two U.S. fiscal years. It is worth remembering that these are unique, starting on…

Read more in the current issue of APDR (Free to read with registration or via Facebook/Linkedin): https://venturaapdr.partica.online/apdr/apdr-march-2020/features/triton-production-freeze-an-opportunity-for-the-raaf

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Kym Bergmann
Kym Bergmann is the editor for Asia Pacific Defence Reporter (APDR) and Defence Review Asia (DRA). He has more than 25 years of experience in journalism and the defence industry. After graduating with honours from the Australian National University, he joined Capital 7 television, holding several positions including foreign news editor and chief political correspondent. During that time he also wrote for Business Review Weekly, undertaking analysis of various defence matters.After two years on the staff of a federal minister, he moved to the defence industry and held senior positions in several companies, including Blohm+Voss, Thales, Celsius and Saab. In 1997 he was one of two Australians selected for the Thomson CSF 'Preparation for Senior Management' MBA course. He has also worked as a consultant for a number of companies including Raytheon, Tenix and others. He has served on the boards of Thomson Sintra Pacific and Saab Pacific.

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