by Michael Shoebridge | Sep 20, 2023 | AUKUS, Strategy & Capability
15 September 2021 seems a long time ago in AUKUS land. That’s when Scott Morrison (‘that fella down under’ as Joe Biden memorably called him) stood with Boris Johnson and Joe Biden to announce the birth of this new defence technology partnership that is all...
by Michael Shoebridge | Sep 19, 2023 | Defence Budget, Policy, Strategy & Capability
The Department of Defence has convinced Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles and the PM-chaired National Security Committee of Cabinet to proceed with buying a fourth Triton long range UAV from America’s Northrop Grumman corporation, likely adding some $350 million to...
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Sep 16, 2023 | Podcasts, Strategy & Capability, Ukraine
Sevastopol, $200 million Triton drones and Australian industry | RSS.com Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge discuss what the Ukrainian military’s attack on Sevasotopol says about navies & denial. This, along with lessons from Australia’s 25 year...
by Marcus Hellyer | Sep 13, 2023 | Policy, Strategy & Capability, Ukraine
Australian defence exports have been in the news, with reports that Australian equipment is having an impact in Ukraine’s struggle to evict Russian invaders. These include Thales Australia’s Bushmaster protected mobility vehicle, Droneshield’s counter-drone systems,...
by Anthony Bergin and Maurice Brownjohn | Sep 11, 2023 | South Pacific
In late July, after weeks of fierce debate at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) meeting in Jamaica, deep-sea mining proponents failed to get an agreement for the immediate licensing of deep-sea mining operations. The ISA has issued more than 30 exploration...
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Sep 8, 2023 | Podcasts, Strategy & Capability
Naval Shipbuilding without ships & a Navy review about what? | RSS.com The second Grumpy Strategists Production looks at ‘continuous shipbuilding’ and the Navy. 6 years on, the National Naval Shipbuilding Enterprise hasn’t delivered any ships....
by Marcus Hellyer | Sep 8, 2023 | Defence Budget, Strategy & Capability
One element of President Biden’s FY2024 defense budget that has not attracted much attention here in Australia is one that has direct implications for us – and some very practical lessons about how Defence does capability planning, acquisitions and thinks about...
by Michael Shoebridge | Sep 5, 2023 | AUKUS, Indo Pacific, Strategy & Capability
Two years on from the AUKUS announcement in September 2021 and only 6 months from Joe Biden, Rishi Sunak and Anthony Albanese giving us the ‘optimal pathway’, risks are already emerging that need our attention – and require some immediate big shifts in Australian...
by Peter Jennings | Sep 4, 2023 | Policy, Strategy & Capability
“Australia’s defence industry is looking for two things: the first is an opportunity to participate in the strategic level thinking needed to bring clarity to a situation of increasing policy disorder. The Government, Parliament and Defence need to create...
by Michael Shoebridge and Marcus Hellyer | Sep 1, 2023 | Defence Budget, Podcasts, Strategy & Capability, Uncategorized
Health check on Australia’s Defence Strategic Review | RSS.com In this first Grumpy Strategist Productions podcast, Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge do a health check on the Defence Strategic Review, with some disturbing news for the patient and for...
