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Month: November 2018

Australian Civil-Military Centre Executive Director Alan Ryan
Defence

Interview: Towards an integrated approach to civil-military operations

November 20, 2018

Dr Alan Ryan, Executive Director of the Australian Civil-Military Centre (ACMC), will be presenting at this year’s NZDIA Annual Forum. In this interview, he sheds some light on the work of the ACMC and the […]

Embraer KC-390
Air

The Embraer KC-390: Past, present and future

November 20, 2018

As its airlift flagship edges closer to Full Operational Capability certification, Embraer reflects on shared battlefield history and highlights the capabilities and features of the KC-390. The 1stBrazilian Fighter Squadron, Brazilian Armed Forces, distinguished itself […]

Naval asset readiness
Defence

Mastering complexity to ensure naval asset readiness

November 15, 2018

Military organisations, OEMs, contractors and third-party providers maintaining equipment via service-based agreements all need to work together to ensure Naval asset readiness. The key is to treat IT systems not as a transactional tool but […]

T.E. Lawrence
Beyond Pacific

Against the Tide: A red team view of tech trends in NZ’s national security

November 15, 2018

Red teaming includes war-gaming, physical and digital penetration testing, alternative futures and alternative analysis. In this article, Dr Simon Ewing-Jarvie, Chief Disruption Officer at Torquepoint Ltd, discusses the latter two in the context of emerging […]

RAN Centre for Innovation
Contracts

Creating an innovation culture between Defence and Industry (Part Two)

November 14, 2018

Captain Greg Laxton CSC RAN was Master of Ceremonies at the 2018 NZDIA Forum. In this exclusive interview, he talks with editor Nicholas Dynon about the importance of trust in collaborative contractual relationships. In Part […]

Internationalist - UN Peacekeeping
Beyond Pacific

Not quite the internationalist: Foreign and defence policy in need of new thinking

November 12, 2018

With low representation in UN deployments and a lack of investment in policy think-tank firepower, former Defence Minister Dr Wayne Mapp writes that New Zealand’s foreign policy independence is starting to look a little hollow. […]

Fee for Capability model for Air Force
Air

‘Fee for capability’ the way to fly for RNZAF?

November 10, 2018

According to Ross Browne, Director of Triplex Consulting and a former commercial advisor to the NZDF, Defence needs to dramatically simplify its operating model. Commercialising some suitable non-tactical capabilities, he writes, offers the chance to […]

New Zealand Civil Defence Minister Kris Faafoi
Civil Defence

$5.2 million shake-up of emergency management system

November 1, 2018

Civil Defence Minister Kris Faafoi released the Government’s response to a Ministerial Technical Advisory Group (TAG) report on New Zealand’s civil defence emergency response system on 29 August. The response includes funding of $5.2 million […]

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