There will be much celebration of the Royal Australian Navy’s achievements at this week’s Indo-Pacific Sea Power Conference and maritime exposition. They are significant. Five years of Indo-Pacific Endeavour activities have demonstrated the navy’s ability to generate a robust taskforce and sustain i…

The Missile Defense Agency has a lot of flexibility to develop the systems that make up the U.S. Missile Defense System. But has that flexibility improved the program?

We testified that MDA’s acquisition processes are now more closely aligned with leading practices, and that the agency has made p…

Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $43,643,049 cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001922F0001) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001919G0008).

This order provides for diminishing manufacturing sources non-recurring engineering in support of a redesigned panora…

We testified about Navy efforts to improve its 4 public shipyards. The condition of these facilities has a direct impact on the readiness of the aircraft carrier and submarine fleets they maintain.

— The Navy began a 20-year, $21 billion effort to modernize them in 2018
— Average facility cond…

The war in Ukraine has fundamentally changed European defence and security policy. In light of the ongoing crisis, Nordic solidarity and defence cooperation is more important than ever.

The Nordic countries share fundamental values and security interests. We share a strategically important locati…

The [Australian] Government is delivering on its commitment to a new, innovative sustainment model for the Royal Australian Navy fleet, with a $1 billion investment to establish a naval regional maintenance centre at the Garden Island Defence Precinct in Sydney.

Minister for Defence, the Hon Pete…