
How dependent are we on our competitors to supply our consumables of combat? ⬇️
Forbes has must read article on the reliance of US drone manufacturers on Chinese supplied parts. It is an open secret that Western nations have deep dependencies on Chinese suppliers

With Australia’s first HIMARS launchers being delivered last month it is timely to consider how long our stocks of missiles would last… ⬇️
Foreign Affairs Magazine has an insightful but challenging article ‘The Empty Arsenal of Democracy’ that really brings home the challenge of the downsized military industrial base of the West: “The

How should Australia respond to the new world disorder? ⬇️
Recently former Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull convened a ‘Sovereignty and Security‘ forum, bringing together around a hundred National Security and Defence experts including Beaten Zone Venture Partners advisor Mick Ryan,

TAKHACK 2025: When Defence Innovation Goes Hands-On
Beaten Zone Venture Partners is proud to launch TAKHACK 2025, a tactical innovation hackathon that will bring together technologists, veterans, creatives, and industry professionals to tackle real-world challenges using the ATAK/CivTAK

For too long Australia and the West assumed that our qualitative edge would overcome any quantitative advantage of our opponents. ⬇️
As Ukraine has shown, large scale war is not won by qualitative advantage. Russia has been able to meet and beat the West’s weapons through relentless innovation and adaption. Likewise