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DEFENCE BUSINESS
Tasmania has a vibrant defence industry in the maritime sector P20
VIEW FROM CANBERRA
Australia received its first F-35As in 2014 P122
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CONTENTS
VOLUME 31 NO 02 | FEBRUARY – MARCH 2023
REGULAR NEWS
AND REPORTS
Editorial 04 News Review 08 Events 67 Books 112 From the Source 114 The View from Canberra 122
NEWS
Army to move helos
from Townsville
08 RAN’s new AUV
named ‘Ghost Shark’ 10
Boeing to continue
support for Chinook
12 NIOA acquires US manufacturer 12
BAE Systems to
build regional F-35
warehouse 14
L3 Harris & IAI partner
on vehicle protection
system 14
Kongsberg signs
NSM contract
15 Australia purchases
HIMARS 16
Canada finalises deal for F-35
Regional Outlook
DEFENCE BUSINESS
ADM 30th Anniversary
ADM Defence Skilling Summit
AOS AI innovation
Embraer C–390 Millennium
Five years of RAN Aegis operations
Southern Guardian ADM Space Summit
AIRPOWER
Avalon 2023 preview
The future of F–35
Hawk upgrade program ADF Pilot Training System Triton program update MQ–28A Ghost Bat Future labours of Hercules RAAF Tindal upgrade
A future for SkyGuardian? Regional 5th Generation
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DEFENCE
ON THE COVER: An RAAF F/A- 18F Super Hornet launches countermeasure flares
FROM THE
SOURCE
AM Robert Chipman
“AIR FORCE WILL CONTINUE ITS TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF AIR AND SPACE POWER” P114
capabilities 102