Andrew Davies, Author at Baird Maritime

November 15, 2018

OPINION | The aggregate failure of Australia’s submarine policy

Written by Andrew Davies on November 15, 2018. Posted in Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Submersibles (Naval).

Australia’s future submarine capability isn’t in a good place. We started the program at least five years too late due to a combination of indifference from ..

October 30, 2017

OPINION: The strategic role of submarines in the 21st century

Written by Andrew Davies on October 30, 2017. Posted in Ausmarine - Maritime Security.

This post is adapted from a presentation to the Australian Naval Institute's 2017 Goldrick seminar.
Let me start with something nice and uncontroversial. ..

October 4, 2017

OPINION: A fall-back option for the future submarines?

Written by Andrew Davies on October 4, 2017. Posted in Ausmarine - Maritime Security.

I was interested to see a new approach to submarine procurement pitched by Hugh White and Michael Keating last week. They got quite a bit of media coverage, as tends to ..

May 21, 2018

OPINION | Australia: Getting the right frigate AND getting the industry strategy right for making it

Written by Andrew Davies on May 21, 2018. Posted in Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Ships (Naval).

The Australian Government is close to deciding which of the three big foreign companies wins the AU$35 billion (US$26 billion) contract to build nine anti-submarine ..

October 12, 2017

Flying the (Swedish) flag for a submarine Plan B

Written by Andrew Davies on October 12, 2017. Posted in Ausmarine - Maritime Security.

My previous post on the future submarines talked about having a Plan B in case the project runs into insurmountable problems. Jon Stanford seconded the need for an ..

May 18, 2018

OPINION | Australian shipbuilding – making it up as they go along

Written by Andrew Davies on May 18, 2018. Posted in Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Ships (Naval).

In its 50‑page review of the implementation of Australia’s naval shipbuilding program, the Australian National Audit Office managed to avoid using the word ..

October 5, 2017

OPINION: Future frigates won’t provide a national missile shield

Written by Andrew Davies on October 5, 2017. Posted in Ausmarine - Maritime Security.

I've been asked a lot in the past couple of days about the significance of the "missile defence" aspect of Prime Minister Turnbull's announcement about the combat system ..