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CONTENTS
VOLUME 31 NO 01 | DECEMBER 2022 - JANUARY 2023
FOCUS ON
REGULAR NEWS
AND REPORTS
Editorial 04 News Review 06 Books 112 The View from Canberra 122 From the Source 116
NEWS
Land 400/3 decision
to follow DSR 06
Singapore assists Army
with Apache Introduction 06
Redback turret to be manufactured in Australia 08
Penske Australia to
power Boxers 08
Edinburgh to integrate
niche trades workforce 10
ASC, QMS ink deal to support Collins 10
US Navy Seahawk to undergo maintenance 12
Navy to acquire
Bluebottle USVs 12
EOS wins US government space contracts 14
Defence included in
$15b National
Reconstruction Fund 14
Regional Outlook 16 DEFENCE BUSINESS
DEFENCE BUSINESS
Cyber threats were the focus of the recent MilCIS conference P30
TOP 40
Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine journey
Future precision strike
ADF Indigenous recruitment
18 22
TOP 40 SURVEY
Australian defence industry records huge growth 34
Top 40 survey results 38 Top 20 SME survey
results 78 MAJOR PROJECTS
REVIEW
2022 major projects review 98
An eye to the future 104
Emerging threats
in the Indo-Pacific 108
ON THE COVER: HMAS Anzac’s MH-60R Seahawk lands during Exercise Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2022
FROM THE
SOURCE
Pat Conroy Minister for Defence Industry
“MY PLAN IS TO APPROACH THIS IN
A CALM, REASONED, RATIONAL AND TRIPARTITE MANNER” P116
26 environment 122
2022 was a record-breaking year for defence industry P38
Warfare in the cyber
DEFENCE