SPOTLIGHT: Naval infrastructure at the core of next-gen naval capability

Defence & Security Podcast Network

In this episode of the Defence Connect Spotlight podcast, host Steve Kuper is joined by Tony Rogers, Brian Weinstein and Scott Keane of Stantec to discuss the role and importance of naval infrastructure to modern navies.

The group discuss a range of subjects including:

• The global pressures being felt by contemporary Western naval infrastructure and the growing demands placed on physical infrastructure to support increasingly capable navy surface and submarine fleets.
• The importance of not just building for the now but for the future, citing the examples of American naval infrastructure dating back to the earliest days of the republic to next-generation naval infrastructure currently under construction at Pearl Harbor.
• The lessons Australia can learn from America's shipbuilding and naval renaissance when it comes to designing and developing our own naval infrastructure requirements.
• The importance of ensuring that the nation has a reliable pipeline of trained and qualified workers, not just to build the ships and submarines of the Royal Australian Navy, but also to maintain, sustain and upgrade them well into the future.

Enjoy the podcast, The Defence Connect team