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system reflecting majority community values and Aus- tralian alliances, he said.
Unsurprisingly, the importance of national self-reliance was emphasised by Richard Cho, Managing Director of Hanwha Defense Australia, referencing what he described as the onerous terms involved in Hanwha’s
sale to Norway of the same K9 155mm self-
propelled howitzer for which the Korean
company is the preferred supplier to the
ADF under Land 8116 Phase 1.
“All levels of support had to be in-coun- try; Norwegian industry had to be central to the solution and the capability had to be fully networked. Not just with the joint fires systems but also other enablers such as the joint logistics systems and direct fire systems such as their remote weapons sta- tion fleet and manoeuvre C2 systems. All this was achieved on budget and on time.
“There is a degree of expertise in Australia around the low volume and cost-efficient manufacture of highly-specialised system and components that is hard to replicate,” he stated.
“Australia with its long supply chains and relatively small domestic demand has had to master this approach.... Hanwha wants to use this know-how and take it to the world.”
DEFENCE BUSINESS CONGRESS 27 Although not dwelling on Hanwha’s shortlisting for the
Land 400 Phase 3 Infantry Fighting Vehicle requirement, Cho pointed out the new strategic opportunities provided to Australia by Hanwha’s participation in local industry.
“It represents an opportunity for Australia to move be- yond its traditional sources of defence ca- pability from North America and Europe. It is an opportunity to deepen Australia’s bilateral relationships and to better posi- tion and increase Australia’s security en- gagement within its own neighbourhood,”
he commented.
Kicking off the afternoon session, cyber
specialist Penten CEO Matthew Wilson spoke about the importance of a sovereign cyber capability, noting that government policy changes since 2016 have progressive- ly attached more emphasis to the subject.
“The key question now is where Australia can best deploy its resources, to maximise what is devel- oped, manufactured and exported from our back yard,” he said. “Naturally, there is much focus in the media (and) in the political sphere on big defence platforms. I would ar- gue that acquisition of these platforms is not the best place for Australia to focus sovereignty. A large platform will
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