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Invest in long-term defence, diversify supplies: US Army Chief of Staff
General James McConville, the US Army Chief of Staff has issued a warning for the US and Western allies responding to Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, with broader relevance for Australia’s own long-term strategic planning and supply chain resilience in the era of renewed great power competition. Much of human history has been defined by the ambitions […]
LOCAL FIRMS SINK $120M ON SUBS
Ben PackhamForeign Affairs and Defence Correspondent, The Australian Small and medium enterprises face an estimated $120m hit from the cancellation of the Attack-class submarines, after investing in new systems, equipment, security and personnel to win contracts with France’s Naval Group. The defence industry estimates the 600 contractors that had qualified as Naval Group suppliers, including […]
AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY AND AUSTRALIAN N-SUBS
By Brent Clark The Morrison Government fundamentally changed the approach to Australia’s submarine acquisition with the announcement that the Government would be terminating the Naval Group contract for twelve conventionally powered submarines and that there would be a period of up to eighteen months consultation with the US and UK Governments on Australia’s ambitions to […]
FEARS JOBS WILL BE SENT OFFSHORE UNDER AUSUK DEAL
Duration: 2min 56secBroadcast: Fri 1 Oct 2021, 6:00am View the Broadcast here. Australian defence suppliers fear a decison to harness US and UK defence technology to build nuclear-powered submarines could see jobs go offshore. They are demanding the government again commit to 60 per cent Australian industry content. More Information Featured: Jean-Yves Le Drian, French Foreign […]
SUBMARINE JOBS WILL BE SENT OFFSHORE UNDER NUCLEAR DEAL WITH US AND UK, DEFENCE SUPPLIERS SAY
By defence correspondent Andrew Greene, ABC News1 October 2021 Australia’s switch to nuclear-powered submarines is prompting a government push for the fleet to be built faster, possibly at the expense of local industry content, to make up for time lost under the now-scrapped French deal. The federal government last month dumped its $90 billion contract with […]
AIDN National 3rd Quarter 2021 Newsletter
AIDN National 3rd Quarter 2021 Newsletter
CREATING A FAIRER DEFENCE INDUSTRY FOR AUSTRALIAN SMES
Published in Defence Connect 3 August 2021 Let’s make sure that primes and Australian SMEs are able to work together to support Australia’s sovereign defence industry, writes Brent Clark, CEO of the Australian Industry & Defence Network. It is the responsibility of AIDN to set out matters of policy that impact AIDN’s members – the […]
AIDN NATIONAL 2ND QUARTER 2021 NEWSLETTER
AIDN National 2nd Quarter 2021 Newsletter
ASSESSING AIC COMMITMENTS UNDER THE HUNTER CLASS PROGRAM
By Brent Clark, AIDN CEOPublished in Defence Connect, 22 June 2021 There have been numerous articles circulating around the Attack Class Submarine Project and Naval Group, and whilst it is proper to apply appropriate levels of scrutiny on that project, it is equally important to apply proper levels of scrutiny on the Hunter Class Frigate […]