The adaption advantage in near peer war is fleeting. To gain and maintain an edge combatants must develop an adaption loop that copies or counters and then repeats. ⬇️
For the 2026 Chief of Army Symposium in Perth, the new Chief of Army chose the theme ‘Hardwired for Adaption’. During one of the keynotes Military theorist Jim Storr described
Beaten Zone Venture Partners launches free Veteran Upskilling series aiming to bring more Defence experience into business and private capital.
Following the success of TAKHACK 2026, a nine-part webinar series will help ADF members and veterans build the business skills to found, join and back Australia’s next generation of defence
Space. The newest warfighting domain is now congested, contested and features kinetic and non kinetic weapons in orbit… ⬇️
The US Secretary of the Air Force confirmed that Space Force has interceptors in orbit in his recent address to the Air & Space Forces Association as he noted that
The West was convinced we had a sustainable combat advantage. That the qualitative edge, technological high ground and manoeuvre warfare meant long and large war was over. ⬇️
The forever wars. Our present proxy wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. The competition and grey zone conflict underway in regions as varied as the Arctic, Africa, Eurasia and
“Six mysterious Russian satellites launched earlier this year have been creeping towards a observation space craft used by Ukraine.” Time to get real about the Space domain! ⬇️
One of the mike drop moments at Beaten Zone Venture Partner’s Reveille 2026 Military Technology Investment conference was the ‘High Ground’ keynote on all things Space. Beaten Zone Investment Committee
Brave1 Market – Ukraine’s Amazon of the Arsenal – has seen over $1 billion USD of orders from the frontline in its first 12 months of operation. ⬇️
It is not the first time we’ve platformed the highly innovative Brave1 Market – and you’d have heard Steve Baxter speak of its success on a podcast or two. But
To rebuild the Arsenal of Democracy we need to build factories and foundries at scale That won’t always go well – ask General Dynamics. ⬇️
Defense One has an in depth read about the ‘cutting edge’ artillery munitions forge in Texas that was built Turkish industrial robots and machine tools. Built at haste as the
A stagnant kill zone. Industrial competition to scale long range strike and missile defence. The autocrats are learning from this long and large war. ⬇️
The invasion of Ukraine has lasted longer than World War I. Innovation and adaption continues to be a key feature of this long and large war between a declining superpower
Beaten Zone Venture Partners Backs Seitec in turning a passive, all-weather sensing modality into a new class of defence capability – detecting the threats conventional sensors cannot and reshaping the military and security landscape.
INVESTMENT ANNOUNCEMENT DATE: 20 August 2026 Beaten Zone Venture Partners backs Seitec in turning a passive, all-weather sensing modality into a new class of defence capability – detecting the threats
A new Arsenal of Democracy isn’t all neo-primes, wonder weapons and start up hype. Australia can play an outsized role in maintenance & repair ⬇️
We’ve previously opined about the key role Australia played in ship repair during World War II. Other shipyards further from the fight could build more quickly and effectively, but our