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CONTENTS
VOLUME 28 NO 4 | APRIL 2020
FOCUS ON
SPACE
ASPI’s Dr Malcolm Davis looks at the role of space in strategy. P44
SEA POWER
The final Hobart class DDG has been handed over to the RAN. P32
REGULAR NEWS
AND REPORTS
Editorial 4 News Review 6 SMEs in focus 16 Events 50 Books 51 The View from Canberra 52 From the Source 58
SYPAQ sets up shop
at Lot Fourteen 14
Hunter class companies
head to Glasgow 14
DEFENCE BUSINESS
Dropping into the Antarctic with new tech 18
ON THE COVER: HMAS Arunta in Cockburn Sound during a VIP sea day to share in the ‘First of Class’ AMCAP achievement at Fleet Base West, WA. [Defence]
FROM THE SOURCE
Joe North Lockheed Martin Australia and NZ Chief Executive
“WE NOW EMPLOY MORE THAN 1,000 HIGHLY SKILLED PEOPLE ACROSS A BROAD BUSINESS PORTFOLIO IN EVERY MAINLAND STATE AND TERRITORY IN AUSTRALIA.”
NEWS SEA POWER 2020
Boeing and BAE Systems team for JP9101 6
EW talent pipeline to be established 6
UNSW Canberra City campus gets go-ahead 8
BADGE Constructions
wins Maryborough build 8
Joint adversarial training
& testing services contract
– the facts 10
BDA to overhaul
Malaysian Hornets 12
XTEK opens new
facility in Adelaide 12
Re-shaping
Australia’s Navy 20
Apache at sea 26 Final AWD delivered
to RAN
Meeting the shipbuilding workforce demand
SPACE
32 40
Transforming Australia’s Defence in the dangerous 2020s 44
Space support from state governments
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