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VOLUME 27 NO 6 | JUNE 2019
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ON THE COVER: RAN officer Lieutenant Alan Dickenson preforms pre-flight checks on HMAS Newcastle’s MH-60R Seahawk maritime combat helicopter before flying operations during AUSINDEX 2019. [Defence]
REGULAR NEWS AND REPORTS
Editorial 4 News Review 6 The View from Canberra 48 Events 51 Books 50 From the Source 54
NEWS
First OPV keel laid in Adelaide6
DefencesettleswithNavantiaon LHDs 6
Deployable health
program moves forward 8 Tiger deploys overseas 8
RAAF expands
Wideband SATCOM
on Hercules fleet 10
Firstartilleryorderconfirmedfor Maryborough 10
RAAF and Sydney Uni
open nanotech lab 12
DEFENCE BUSINESS
ADMSpaceSummit:Defenceand space
industry intersect 14
Women in Defence
Awards finalists 16
Reframing climate
change as a core
national security issue 28
PROJECTS
Vehicle programs: Managing the bumps
on the road 34
Australia’smaritimeprogramsat a glance 40
Air programs
kicking goals in 2019 44
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DEFENCE BUSINESS
Climate change needs to be reframed as a security risk. P28
From the Source
Nick Gibbs
Vice President Customer
and Account Management in Australia for Collins Aerospace
“Before the end of the calendar year
we’ll have a repair capability to support
the RAAF F-35 simulators.”
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