The Defence Minister was forced to come out fighting late last week as news about the Navy's replenishment ships and a Spanish build leaked out before any announcement by the Government. Though well known within Defence that Australia lacked the necessary infrastructure for a build of such ships, the incident was enough to stir already inflamed tensions in South Australia.
The Air Power Conference was all the rage in Canberra this week with the theme of multi-domain integration front and centre – for a fascinating (if not long-winded) definition of what this is see ADM Editor Katherine Ziesing's summary piece.
New VIP jets are on the cards for the Special Purpose Aircraft fleet and Raytheon looks to double the load and effectiveness of Long Range Precision Fires.
In other news Boeing's latest UUV platform marks a paradigm shift in the domain and Australian defence software developer PHM Technology gets a cash injection from Siemens Venture Capital,
For a good summary of the conference, check out #APC16 on Twitter, with a nod to @eamonhamilton from RAAF's AMG,
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