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CONTENTS
VOLUME 30 NO 08 | NOVEMBER 2022
FOCUS ON
DEFENCE BUSINESS
Representing Indigenous business in the NT. P42
VIEW FROM CANBERRA
Australian Bushmasters are saving lives in Ukraine. P74
REGULAR NEWS
AND REPORTS
Editorial 04 News Review 06 Books 60 Events 62 From the Source 69 The View from Canberra 74
NEWS
Leidos acquires Cobham Special Missions business 06
Black Sky approved
to test guided weapons 06
Defence replaces
C-130J with C-130J 08
EM Solutions signs RAN SATCOM support contract 08
CMATS becomes a
‘Project of Concern’ 10
BAE Systems wins Collins periscope ISS contract 10
Veem to build Hunter prototype propellers 12
VRA to deliver Spike
for Land 400 12
Babcock to upgrade HF Communications system 14
US approves major
MH-60R sustainment sale 14
Regional Outlook 16
DEFENCE BUSINESS
Land Forces 2022 18
WIDA 2022 winners 28
Pitch Black fosters Indo-Pacific partnerships 36
The Northern Territory Indigenous Business
Network 42
SPACE, COMMS & C4I
A closer look at JP 9102 46
Building a sovereign
launch capability 52
Wedgetail spreads
its wings 56
SIMULATION
Creating an integrated
land training system 66
ON THE COVER: An artist's impression of a Pleiades satellite
FROM THE
SOURCE
Adam Gilmour CEO & Founder Gilmour Space Technologies
“DEFENCE HAS BEEN FORWARD LEANING IN TERMS OF BUYING EARLY LAUNCHES FROM US” P68