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HMAS Perth
Defence

Australian Surface Combatant Review: What bearing could it have on RNZN fleet renewal?

July 11, 2024

The Australian surface combatant review’s recommendations around Tier 2 general purpose frigates pose interesting questions for New Zealand, writes maritime capability specialist and former Royal New Zealand Navy Officer Andrew Watts. In a way this […]

surface combatant
Defence

Australian surface combatant fleet report signals shipbuilding bonanza, but labourers and sailors needed

February 29, 2024

Australia’s Navy is set to become much larger and more lethal in response to “strategic circumstances”, but concerns raised over training of skilled local workforce and recruitment of Defence personnel, writes Chief Editor Nicholas Dynon. […]

Future Submarine Project
Defence

New leadership team for Lockheed Martin Australia Future Submarine Program

September 10, 2020

Lockheed Martin Australia (LMA) has appointed John Chandler as its new Director of the Future Submarine Program Combat System Integration (FSP-CSI) to lead the design of the combat system for the Attack Class submarine. Chandler […]

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 […]

Relational Contracting and a space for innovation
Contracts

Starting with ‘why’: creating an innovation culture between Defence and Industry

July 20, 2018

Captain Greg Laxton CSC RAN will be presenting at the 2018 NZDIA Forum. In this exclusive interview, he talks with editor Nicholas Dynon about failure-tolerant spaces, leaders worth following, and changing culture. I first interviewed […]

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