Earlier this year I started looking at what Bent Flyvbjerg’s analysis of megaprojects can teach us...
Marcus Hellyer
Disappearing tanks, $million missiles, SNAUKUS & the bear behind the US election – Episode 23
Disappearing tanks, million dollar missiles, SNAUK | RSS.com SAA's Marcus Hellyer and Michael...
The Great Debate series: a (civil) nuclear debate?
The Great Debates: a civil nuclear debate | RSS.com Episode 1 of the Great Debate series - on...
The Naval tsunami that’ll swamp industry and starve the rest of the ADF
There’s a tsunami coming. It’s the huge surge of work needed to deliver Australia’s naval...
Post-shot US election update, Ukrainian & Ozzie drones, spies and public money
Post-shot US election update, Ukrainian & Ozzie dr | RSS.com Marcus and Michael discuss the US...
SSN-AUKUS: a ‘mature’ design…just with many defining things not settled.
What is SSN-AUKUS? This is not a metaphysical question along the lines of what is the meaning of...
Grumpy Strategist Makers’ Series – the workforce edition with KINEXUS
The Grumpy Strategists | RSS.com In Episode 5, SAA's Marcus Hellyer talks with Rob Kremer,...
Consequences, consequences: budget settings starve the Air Force & a bureaucracy avoids scrutiny
Structural troubles ahead: a starving Air Force & | RSS.com The Grumpy Strategists outline the...
The enduring structural distortion from the ADF’s shipbuilding plans
The Australian government has given up on the idea of designing the Australian Defence Force to be...
Episode 20: Cringers, crawlers, walkers & runners with a dash of AI, cults, conspiracies, pyramids & portals.
Episode 20: Cringers, crawlers, walkers & runners | RSS.com The Grumpy Strategists look at the...
Collins subs life extension realities & Permits for Everyone: the lazy new SAMS law
Episode 19 - Collins subs life extension realities | RSS.com In Episode 19, the Grumpy Strategists...
What role should the Collins Life of Type Extension play in Australia’s submarine transition?
Key Points The plan to put all six Collins-class submarines through an extensive and risky life of...
Twelve questions for the Defence portfolio’s Senate estimates hearings
These questions are based on the information contained in the 2024 National Defence Statement...
The post-Budget blues edition: Backloaded cash, unachievable plans and Collins dies young
The post Budget blues edition: Backloaded cash wit | RSS.com In Episode 18, the Grumpy Strategists...
The 2024-25 Defence budget: one project to rule them
The name of the project to deliver Australia’s nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs) is now public:...