This is the Land Forces exhibition special feature with some random highlights from the show last week. These included an uncrewed 8-wheeled armoured ground vehicle enabled by AI and designed by BAE Systems to operate with conventional forces. Also SPEE3D, an Australian company using additive manufacturing to undertake in-field repairs. Despite international success – including sending units to Ukraine – do you think the Australian Army has bought any? A few words about Hanwha, the South Korean company that has gone from obscurity to now being the largest supplier, by dollar value, to the Army. They have announced that Sydney-based Advanced Navigation will become part of their global supply chains, which should be a huge boost to business. And some unexpected success – Chief of the Army has agreed to an interview to discuss the Taipan helicopter fiasco (my words, not his). Let’s hope other senior figures also push back against ridiculous Ministerial interference in what they can say in public.
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Great take on the situation in the Middle East. The rise of fundamentalist religious forces in Israel needs to be called out. The comparison to the Irish “Troubles” was especially apt.
The possibility of following the tragic circumstances that led to the start of the first world war should make all sensible people pause and hopefully reflect before acting.
The Middles East is an especially delicate topic to discuss, and calling out both sides for wrong actions is important but all too rare. A job you managed well here.
Lets hope the politicians on all sides have a similar balanced view.
Thank again.
Yes – a very good podcast Kym in all respects: Israel and its war crimes, AUKUS and the failure to send Taipans to Ukraine.
What is your take on Austal US entering a virtual PPP with the US government to expand its submarine output to one Columbia plus two Virginias per year, a five-x increase to the US industrial base?
According to press handouts: “General Dynamics Electric Boat awarded Austal USA a $450 million contract to expand infrastructure at its Mobile, Ala., shipyard for Virginia- and Columbia-class submarine construction, Austal announced today.”
Is this just hot air? Where will they find the workforce?
What are the consequences for the US in relying on private capital to boost production in an area so tightly circumscribed by national security considerations?
Thanks Mike – I’m looking into the situation with Austal and hopefully I’ll have a bit more to say about that in the future. Lifting production capacity is a gigantic challenge because the effort has to be funded and synchronised across the entire supply chain.