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VOLUME 28 NO 7 | SEPTEMBER 2020
FOCUS ON
DEFENCE INDUSTRY
Defence industry is stepping up with more ideas for Defence. P80
DEFENCE INDUSTRY
Ocius are expanding their fleet of unmanned maritime vessels. P12
REGULAR NEWS
AND REPORTS
Editorial 4 News Review 6 Defence Industry 80 Books 84 Events 85 The View from Canberra 82 From the Source 90
NEWS
Nuship Supply
completes sea trials 6
Boeing completes autonomous test trifecta 6
RAN contracts
French company for compliance response 8
Navantia completes
LHD design upgrade 8
BDA completes last
Hornet deeper
maintenance activity 10
First patrol boat keel laid 10 New leadership for Northrop
Grumman in Asia Pacific 12 Ocius USVs approved to
operateinAustralianwaters 12
Daronmont secures
its largest-ever defence contract 14
Defence delays
Land 200 Phase 3 14
Hawker Pacific delivers special missions
capability to NZ 16
Joint US-Australian Space Surveillance Telescope
to be improved 16
DEFENCE BUSINESS
Women in Defence
Awards 2020 finalists 18
LAND WARFARE 2020
Land 400 Phase 3
on a rocky road 38
Soldier as a system
gaining ground 50
SUSTAINMENT & MRO
How to keep the
RAAF in the air 62
Navantia Australia
looks to the future of sustainment 70
ON THE COVER: Defence is working hard to avoid the Christmas tree effect for their soldiers with better integrated systems.
FROM THE
SOURCE
Major General Simon Stuart Head of Land Capability
“IT’S ABOUT HAVING A REAL FOCUS ON HOW WE WORK WITH INDUSTRY AND WITH ACADEMIA TO GET THE BEST OUTCOME FOR EVERYONE. WE’RE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS.”
DEFENCE