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CONTENTS
VOLUME 30 NO 03 | MARCH/APRIL 2022
FOCUS ON
REGULAR NEWS
AND REPORTS
Editorial 04 News Review 06 The View from Canberra 56 Books 57 Events 58 From the Source 60
NEWS
HMAS Adelaide gets
stuck in Tonga 06
ADF to acquire more
Hellfire missiles 06
Officials rebuff Hunter
class fears 08
Chinese ship points
laser at ADF aircraft 08
BAE Systems secures
LIF contract extension 09
South Korea to put
Redback through its paces 09
Government awards contract for Hercules armour 12
Mitsubishi joins Optus
JP 9102 team 12
LMA delivers Air 5428
pilot training system 14
First production IFC-4
Triton delivered to
US Navy 14
DEFENCE BUSINESS Regional Outlook 16
Back to business –
Singapore Airshow 2022 18
Pioneering sustainable manufacturing 22
Land power beyond
northern Australia 28
DEFENCE EXPORTS
Australian defence
export success 32
ADAC – a missed opportunity? 38
DEFENCE BUSINESS
Mike Yeo reports the news from across the region this month. P16
FROM THE SOURCE
EOS’ T2000 RWS during the Land 400/3 risk mitigation activity. P60
Securing defence export data
AIRPOWER
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ON THE COVER: Thales’ Bushmaster has achieved significant overseas sales success.
FROM THE
SOURCE
Matthew Jones CEO, EOS Defence Systems
“SOVEREIGNTY IN THE AUSTRALIAN CONTEXT IS NOT CLEAR” P60
Fighter capability in
the Indo-Pacific 46 Next aircrew training competition kicks off 50
Australia’s Classic Hornet
– a retrospective 52
EOS DEFENCE AUSTRALIA MIKE YEO
DEFENCE