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FOCUS ON
VIEW FROM CANBERRA
It’s been 20 years since Timor operations. P52
FROM THE SOURCE
Frazer Nash has worked on some of the Navy’s biggest programs. P56
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ON THE COVER: Royal Australian Air Force pilot Flight Lieutenant Hayley Moulds in front of a KC- 30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) at an airbase in the Middle East.
FROM THE
SOURCE
Jonathan Armstrong Director,
Australian Business at Frazer-Nash
“YOU HAVE TO KEEP A REALLY STRONG FOCUS ON HIRING THE PEOPLE WHO WILL SUPPORT AND FIT IN WITH YOUR CULTURE, OTHERWISE YOU’RE ACTING SHORT TERM.”
REGULAR NEWS AND REPORTS
Editorial 4 News Review 6 The View from Canberra 52 Events 55 Books 54 From the Source 58
NEWS
Apache chosen
as Armed Helicopter replacement 6
NZDF taps Beca
and EY for estate regeneration 18
Lockheed Martin
announces SME
contracts for Air 6500 18
ANAO releases annual
Major Projects report 20
DEFENCE BUSINESS
Space Summit
hits new highs 22
100 years of RAAF 24 AIR POWER 2021
Enhancing capability
from the skies
to the stars 32
BORDER PROTECTION
The future of Border Protection is unmanned 40
MILITARY VEHICLES
Land 400 Phase 3 RMA underway 48
Aus and US cyber sign training range deal
ANAO report into vetting services
6 10
Ministers make
a flurry of F-35 announcements 14
Tenders open for
regional maintenance
centres 14
Gilmour Space signs
orbital transport
agreement with
Momentus 16
Boeing completes
teaming flights 16
DEFENCE