Advanced management and technology consulting, systems integration & software development & support services since 1992. Creator of corvouas.com.au/
Melbourne, Australia
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As a veteran-owned business, we welcome and endorse the messages from @LukeGoslingMP around the value of veterans as leaders and employees in our industry
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@MThistlethwaite explained that Defence is our largest national land holder. This presents the opportunity to partner with industry to ensure that our bases are able to meet the needs of Defence and our personnel, to deliver a capability advantage in a fast changing world
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He said that Strategic Industry, like Defence Industry - it must be supported by Government. Statements such as “the market will look after it” don’t apply when geopolitical risks such as we are seeing now, are considered
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Mr Hastie also stated that Defence Strategic Review must address the need for multipronged capability that is resilient, based upon industrial capability, stock holdings and options
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“Weakness is provocative.”
We must focus on what makes us strong. The ADF and Industry must work in partnership to meet these demands
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Andrew Hastie stated that governments that fail in the task of deterrence invite calamity upon their people
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@PatConroy1 added that this will include looking at the SICPs, which are currently too broad and means we can’t appropriately invest in the critical aspects that we need
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We must look at how we can reform the procurement cycle so we accept appropriate risk and enable speed to market
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Having lost the 10 year strategic planning horizon, we need to accelerate how we do the business of defence to meet the uncertainty of our times
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@PatConroy1 said that Defence industry is an engine of innovation, providing well paid careers and a critical partner in delivering national security and contributing to economic prosperity
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How can Defence better pull through the world class innovations we develop here, often created with defence innovation funding, but fail to commercialise here, and instead deliver to international customers?
“If we don’t find it now we won’t be ready when we need it.”
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With so many Australian SME’s already selling to overseas defence customers but not to the ADF, how do we turn this around to recognise that Australian businesses are good enough for our military?
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@Marcus_ASPI reflects on the challenges of tracking data on defence exports, recognising that Defence Industry is much broader than simply hardware. Software and services are a significant part of our exports.
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As a veteran-owned, family business, SYPAQ understands the challenges a Defence career places on our families. Not only are we committed to the employment of veterans, we are proud to employ family members of currently serving and past members of the ADF
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Industry as a FIC - not just recognition, but strategy and structural reform as to how we engage and bring the best of Industry into Defence
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Flexibility and Agility - We must achieve speed of capability that is superior to the speed of the threat, but in a cost effective manner, adopting a continuous capability development approach - delivering innovation, bringing capability into the hands of the warfighter
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Performance - We must do better. Project and program management will be key to this. As will the creation of an organisational culture needed to deliver in a challenging strategic environment
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Great to see Deupty Secretary of CASG, Chris Deeble, sharing the 3 core areas of focus in his first few months in the role…
Performance
Flexibility and Agility
Industry as a Fundamental Input to Capability FIC)
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Chief of Joint Capabilities spoke of the depths of partnership across Defence and Industry to meet the rapidly evolving needs of modern warfare, including asymmetric cyber capability advantage
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