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The Deputy Prime Minister is to headline a special summit in Sydney next week discussing the Federal Government’s recent Defence Strategic Review.
The event – curated by Australian Aviation’s sister brand Defence Connect – will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel on 3 May and hosted by former Defence Minister Christopher Pyne.
You can find out more information here and purchase tickets here.
The DSR has been described as the biggest shake-up in Australia’s defence policy in decades and will result in $19 billion being spent to implement its immediate recommendations.
Run with the support of principal partner Investment NSW and engagement partner Pyne & Partners, the Defence Strategic Review Summit is a chance for the defence industry and Australia’s strategic policy community to engage directly with the ministers and department decision-makers responsible for the review.
The jam-packed, full-day event will include speakers who will discuss the impacts and implementation of the review and answer any burning questions attendees may have at the live Q&A sessions.
Liam Garman, editor, defence and security at Momentum Markets, said, “This extremely exclusive event comes hot on the heels of the formal release of the Defence Strategic Review and will provide stakeholders with direct access to the decision makers responsible for delivering the findings of the review.
“We are extremely proud of this special event, which demonstrates the connectivity and engagement Defence Connect enjoys with the highest level of Defence decision makers.”
Earlier this week, Australian Aviation reported how the DSR ruled out buying the B-21 Raider in favour of long-range missiles that will be fired by Australia’s fleet of 72 F-35s and 24 Super Hornets.
Currently, plans are in place to buy Raytheon’s Joint Strike Missile (JSM) alongside Lockheed Martin’s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM).
JSMs are designed to be fired from fifth-generation F-35s and are significantly able to change course in flight. They differ from more regular missiles because they can fly at low altitudes where they can evade radars.
Raytheon says the JSM, which has a range of 275km, is the only fifth-generation cruise missile designed to be launched from the internal weapons bay of the F-35A.
Lockheed’s LRASMs, meanwhile, with its range of 560km, use “semi-autonomous guidance and target cueing data” to locate and destroy targets. Unlike the shorter-range JSMs, they can be fired by both F-35s and Super Hornets.
The Defence Strategic Review Summit will be held on Wednesday, 3 May 2023 at Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney.
Places for this summit are extremely limited. A waitlist will be created on a first-come, first-served basis.
