The name of the project to deliver Australia’s nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs) is now public:...
Marcus Hellyer
The 2024 Defence investment plan’s key changes – or ‘The Subs that ate the ADF’
Last week Strategic Analysis Australia published an analysis of the dollars in the Government’s...
The numerology of Australia’s new National Defence Strategy & investment plan
The numerology of Australia's new National Defence | RSS.com In Episode 17, Marcus Hellyer and...
Unpacking the numbers in Defence’s new Integrated Investment Plan
On Wednesday 23 April, the Albanese Government released its National Defence Strategy (NDS) and...
Devalued words and dollars damage Australia’s security
Devalued words and dollars damage Australia's secu | RSS.com The Grumpy Strategists assess the...
The Apache attack helicopter: another $5 billion in stranded assets?
It’s no secret that technological change can lead to companies having stranded assets, that is,...
Subs, Subs, Subs – 5 big events in the undersea world of AUKUS submarines
Subs, Subs, subs - 5 big events in the undersea wo | RSS.com The Grumpy Strategists cover US...
US SSN(X) decision reveals a more optimal SSN pathway for Australia
There’s been a lot of focus on nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) in Australia in the last...
The dangerous new Defence Industrial Development Strategy – jarringly out of step with our world
The dangerous new Defence Industrial Development Strategy - jarringly out of step with our world |...
Defence falling further behind the excellence curve
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles has expressed his concerns with the...
A new Navy plan – money, frigates & floating missile trucks but no lessons from the Black or Red Seas
A new plan for Australia's Navy - money, frigates & floating missile trucks, but no lessons from...
Doubling down: The Navy’s new surface fleet plan by the numbers
The Government has released the broad brushstrokes of a plan for the structure of the Royal...
Getting a clear view of the cloudy budget for Australia’s nuclear submarine program
This brief has been updated since Senate estimates hearings on the Defence portfolio on 14...
Questions on Defence’s mid-year budget update
The Defence 2023-24 Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements (PAES) were published on Thursday 8...
Megaprojects: Taking Flyvberg’s ‘outside view’ on Australia’s nuclear submarine program
Will Australia’s AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine (SSN) program deliver as promised? The...