AllAIDN NATIONAL ANNOUNCES THE ELECTION OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND THE APPOINTMENT OF NEW CHAIR
AIDN National has elected three new board members for a two-year tenure on the AIDN National Board. The newly elected members are Emily Frizell, Toff Idrus and Graham Priestnall. All three members bring with them a vast amount of experience working in the Australian Defence Industry sector and join ongoing members Carl Quarterman and Julie […]
A MACHIAVELLIAN TALE – OR A TALE OF SELF-RELIANCE
A Machiavellian Tale – Or a Tale of Self-Reliance Italy from 1450 through 1550 was a tumultuous time. The land comprised a series of independent city-states which were often warring with each other, with the central papal authority and with external influences from France, Spain and Austria. The Princes of the city-states were certainly living in (to […]
SOVEREIGNTY AND THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE ATTACK CLASS SUBMARINE MAIN BATTERIES
Sovereignty and the Curious Case of the Attack Class Submarine Main Batteries By Brent Clark As the debate rages as to how best achieve the Governments stated requirement to establish a sovereign industrial capability to ensure that Australia can be as self-reliant as possible when it comes to the support of the nation’s defence equipment a strange decision […]
THE IP PARADOX
By Brent Clark There has been much recent comment in the press regarding the underwhelming levels of local work resulting from the Government’s generational increase in investment in Defence capability. Discussion has arisen over the merits or otherwise of the AIC programme, and on Defence’s statements to the effect that they have little control over the primes’ subcontracting. This […]
FIRST 90PC, THEN 60PC, FRENCH STILL WON’T COMMIT TO LOCAL SUB PARTS
A commitment by the French designer of the navy’s new $90 billion fleet of submarines to source at least 60 per cent of components from Australian companies is yet to be locked in, more than six months after it was offered amid complaints local industry is being denied work. Despite the Defence Department pressing Naval […]
THE (UNNECESSARY) CHALLENGES FOR THE AUSTRALIAN HIGH TECHNOLOGY SMES SUPPLYING TO DEFENCE
The (unnecessary) challenges for the Australian high technology SMEs supplying to Defence Brent Clark | Canberra A quick look at ADM’s list of the Top 40 Defence contractors reveals that it is dominated by local subsidiaries of foreign owned prime contractors, with only one single Australian supplier of high technology systems on the list (EOS). […]
DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY REVIEW ARTICLE – AIDN’S PERSPECTIVE ON THE STRATEGIC DEFENCE UPDATE AND FORCE STRUCTURE PLAN
AIDN’s Perspective on the Strategic Defence Update and Force Structure Plan By Brent Clark, 30 July 2020 1 July this year, the Prime Minister announced the strategic defence update and the associated force structure plan in order to achieve the outcomes required in securing Australia’s interests in an evolving and increasingly complex geopolitical environment. AIDN’s […]
APDR ARTICLE – OPTIMISED AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT FOR THE SUSTAINMENT OF NAVAL ASSETS
OPINION: Government can do better for Australian industries in naval acquisitions By Brent Clark, CEO-AIDN -29/07/2020 As a result of the release of the 2020 Defence Strategic Update and the 2020 Force Structure Plan which together outline a new strategy for Defence and the capability investments to deliver it, the Prime Minister has announced a commitment to spend $270 […]
THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY ENGAGEMENT WITH AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES
By Brent Clark: There has been substantial media and discussion around Australian companies becoming part of the supply chain for a large number of Defence programs. The Prime Minister recently announced an expenditure of $270 billion over the coming decade, a number so large it overwhelms the public. Maths tells us that if we only achieve […]
IT’S ONE THING TO BUILD WAR FIGHTING CAPABILITY, IT’S ANOTHER TO BUILD INDUSTRIAL CAPABILITY
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