Ensuring Australian Resilience: Effective Weapon System Sustainment in an Era of Contested Logistics

A CSIS event examines how the Australian Department of Defence can strengthen national preparedness and build industrial resilience across the Indo-Pacific, focusing on its capacity to repair and sustain both domestic and foreign weapon systems. The discussion addresses mitigating supply chain risk and contributing to the joint fight.

The panel features Belinda Templeman, Minister-Counsellor for Defence Materiel at the Australian Embassy in Washington, D.C. and Assistant Secretary for Australia’s Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group; VADM (Ret.) Dion D. English, former Director for Logistics, U.S. Joint Staff; and Dak Hardwick, Vice President of International Affairs at the Aerospace Industries Association. Cynthia Cook, Senior Fellow in the CSIS Defense and Security Department, moderates.

Sources: CSIS (YouTube)