Victoria Draudins

Nov 4, 2024 | themandarin.com.au | Julian Bajkowski |Shannon Jenkins |Victoria Draudins

One of the biggest challenges of rapidly emerging technologies is that the development of the kit moves at a speed far faster than procurement cycles, making and baking the risk of obsolescence deep into how acquisitions are made. The question governments and militaries across the globe face every day is whether to stick with the course or pivot, a choice brought crashing to Earth for prime contractor Lockheed Martin on Monday as the Department of Defence parked JP9102.