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Defense procurement
![Prospects for an Australian Defense Industry Fund Prospects for an Australian Defense Industry Fund](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-04-21-151127.jpg)
Prospects for an Australian Defense Industry Fund
By Corey Lee Bell
Can Canberra learn from Taipei’s use of “special budgets” for defense procurements?
![How the Russia-Ukraine War Is Reshaping Defense Trade How the Russia-Ukraine War Is Reshaping Defense Trade](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-03-24-144214.jpg)
How the Russia-Ukraine War Is Reshaping Defense Trade
By Arjun Sreekumar
In addition to boosting defense spending, the conflict will change procurement priorities in ways that could favor nontraditional suppliers.
![Emergency Fighters and National Resilience Emergency Fighters and National Resilience](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-07-28-2.jpg)
Emergency Fighters and National Resilience
By Jacob Parakilas
Complex, expensive high-end military hardware might prove impossible to replace quickly enough during a major conventional war. It's time to revisit the idea of building simpler, cheaper emergency replacements.
![Flashpoints and Arms Races to Watch in 2019 Flashpoints and Arms Races to Watch in 2019](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18103331525021.jpg)
Flashpoints and Arms Races to Watch in 2019
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Will 2019 see an increased chance for military confrontation in Asia?
![Corruption Threatens Australia’s Defense Program Corruption Threatens Australia’s Defense Program](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-20180121raaf8485160_118-1.jpg)
Corruption Threatens Australia’s Defense Program
By Chris Douglas
In pursuing its massive defense building program, Australia must protect itself against critical corruption risks.
![Is This What the Pentagon's 'Third Offset' Has Been Missing All Along? Is This What the Pentagon's 'Third Offset' Has Been Missing All Along?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-12-01_16-56-38.jpg)
Is This What the Pentagon's 'Third Offset' Has Been Missing All Along?
By Robert Farley
Have changes to the U.S. industrial and technological sector posed new challenges for defense procurement?
![Are Australia’s New Subs Already Obsolete? Are Australia’s New Subs Already Obsolete?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-04-26_17-38-46.jpg)
Are Australia’s New Subs Already Obsolete?
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Rapid technological changes in underwater warfare may make the submarine as we know it obsolete by the 2040s.
![In South Asia, Much Ado About F-16s In South Asia, Much Ado About F-16s](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-05-09_18-24-06.jpg)
In South Asia, Much Ado About F-16s
By Harsh V. Pant
Given the recent dispute over F-16s between Islamabad and Washington, what can New Delhi do?
![Australia’s Submarine Superiority: Strange Strategies and Overspending Australia’s Submarine Superiority: Strange Strategies and Overspending](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-04-26_17-38-46.jpg)
Australia’s Submarine Superiority: Strange Strategies and Overspending
By Greg Austin
How grounded in strategic reality is the Australian government's decision to purchase 12 new submarines?
![Why Japan Lost the Bid to Build Australia’s New Subs Why Japan Lost the Bid to Build Australia’s New Subs](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-04-26_17-38-46.jpg)
Why Japan Lost the Bid to Build Australia’s New Subs
By Franz-Stefan Gady
How did the onetime frontrunner fail in its bid to build Australia’s next-generation submarine?
![It's Official: France's DCNS Wins Australia's $50 Billion Future Submarine Contract It's Official: France's DCNS Wins Australia's $50 Billion Future Submarine Contract](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-04-25_23-16-44.jpg)
It's Official: France's DCNS Wins Australia's $50 Billion Future Submarine Contract
By Ankit Panda
DCNS' conventional Barracuda-class variant beat out Japan's Soryu-class and Germany's Type 216.
![Carrier Wars: Imagine a US Navy Without the F/A-18 Super Hornet Carrier Wars: Imagine a US Navy Without the F/A-18 Super Hornet](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-11-16_17-48-28.jpg)
Carrier Wars: Imagine a US Navy Without the F/A-18 Super Hornet
By Robert Farley
What would a U.S. Navy without the F/A-18 Super Hornet look like?
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