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FOCUS ON
REGULAR NEWS
AND REPORTS
Editorial 04 News Review 06 The View from Canberra 122 Books 124 Events 125 From the Source 128
NEWS
RAAF's mysterious surveillance missions 06
Airbus Helicopters’ new
MD for Australia, NZ 07
British nuclear submarine visits Perth 08
Thales expands Lithgow 08 Loyal Wingman conducts
missions 10 Black Sky Aerospace
Defence seeks sea
mining capability 16
Rheinmetall tests Lynx composite rubber tracks 16
DEFENCE BUSINESS
ADM Space Summit 18
Tasmania looks to space 22
Senate Estimates & Submarines 26
The truth behind
Army’s BMS 28
Robotic resupply 36 Hornet farewell 118
VIEW FROM CANBERRA
Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine debate P122
DEFENCE BUSINESS
Recent trials have included a five-vehicle convoy of autonomous M40 trucks P36
TOP 40 SURVEY
Another record year
Top 40 survey results
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ON THE COVER: The first OPV blocks under consolidation
FROM THE
SOURCE
Melissa Price Minister for Defence Industry
“WE NEED TO POSITION AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE INDUSTRY AS ROBUST AND INTERNATIONALLY COMPETITIVE” P128
takes off
Australia’s long range strike
Top 20 SME survey
results 86
11 ambitions 12
MAJOR PROJECTS REVIEW
2021 in retrospect
Collins LOTE follows
Attack path 14
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