More than Innovation: Australia Needs Fast, Low-Cost Defence Production

David Goodrich

19 December 2024

7 min

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Australia must focus on scaling affordable, innovative defence production to meet modern warfare's demands, prioritising agile manufacturing processes, autonomy, and rapid scalability over legacy approaches delivering expensive, bespoke systems.

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References

The Strategist (Australian Strategic Policy Institute: ASPI): High factual reporting
COLLECTIONS/The Runway (airforce.gov.au)
RAAF RUNWAY: RATIONALE GUIDELINES LEARNING OUTCOMES ETC)

More than Innovation: Australia Needs Fast, Low-Cost Defence Production

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