
Beaten Zone Ventures Backs Arkeus in AU$5 million Raise to Supercharge Australia’s Defence AI
Australia’s defence future is being built today, and Arkeus is leading the charge. Beaten Zone Ventures is proud to back Arkeus in its latest AU$5 million funding round, helping

After three years of the devastating war in Ukraine what lessons has the West learned? 
IM—1776 magazine has a thought provoking op-ed on three key lessons from the Ukraine War that is well worth a read: “Wars are easy to start but often difficult to

Poland, with a population of 38 million, is planning for an Army of 500,000. Now that’s future ready! 
Many of you would already be watching the Poles build the largest Land Force in Europe with interest. Poland is now spending 4.7% of GDP on Defence with plans to

Hard power is projected with energy and infrastructure. Critical infrastructure needs to be urgently hardened and energy supply assured. 
The Institute of Public Affairs and Strategic Analysis Australia have released the latest paper in their excellent ‘The Defence of Australia’ series. Paper 5 focuses fixing Defence Infrastructure and Energy

Defence Industry had a ‘last supper’ after Cold War I. Now Palantir’s CTO is calling for a ‘first breakfast’ to respond to Cold War II 
In the heady days following the fall of the Soviet Union, the then Defense Secretary William Perry gathered the executives of US Defence companies together for dinner. At this ‘Last

How much longer can Australia’s strategic dissonance last? 
This week China sent several frigates through the Tasman sea and causing much consternation in the mainstream media (for the moment). Australia appears to have little time to dwell on

Are you feeling Luckey? How about ~ 4 hours worth of Luckey? 
If haven’t already invested four hours of your life listening to Anduril Industries founder Palmer Luckey on the Shawn Ryan Show – you’ll thank us later. One moment that caught

It is clear that the Trump administration expects much more from allies and partners in Europe – is the Indo Pacific next? 
Vice President JD Vance wasn’t the only US official causing waves in Europe recently as Trump 2.0 resets the state of play in global affairs. The BBC has described Defence

A forensic analysis of Russian weaponry has revealed that up 64% of parts are supplied from one country: the United States of America. 
Foreign Policy has produced some insightful analysis of the Defence supply chains feeding the Russian war machine. It also highlights that the expected ability to choke off Russia through sanctions

In the next large scale combat operation our forces will face relentless targeting with Electronic Warfare measures. Are we ready? 
“When Excalibur precision artillery rounds were first deployed in Ukraine, they hit their intended target 70% of the time, with misreported coordinates by those calling for fire largely responsible for