Best Air and Space Power Centre Australia Podcasts (2024)

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Hangar 46 at ASPCon24: General Chance Saltzman 26:52

8d ago26:52

26:52

United States Space Force, Space Domain Awareness, and Sense of Calling. Join us as we take the hangar to the National Convention Centre Canberra for the Air and Space Power Conference 2024 and chat to Chief of Space Operations General Chance Saltzman, United States Space Force. During ASPCon24, General Saltzman presented a Keynote Address. This ep…

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Hangar 46 at ASPCon24: Flight Lieutenant Steven Warrior 22:55

16d ago22:55

22:55

Cultural Initiatives, Storytelling, and Connection. Join us as we take the hangar to the National Convention Centre Canberra for the Air and Space Power Conference 2024 and chat to Indigenous Liaison Officer Flight Lieutenant Steven Warrior, proud Kuarna, Narungga, and Kokatha man. This episode is hosted by Group Captain Glenn Orton. Please note: T…

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Hangar 46 at ASPCon24: Corporal Kbora Ali 17:41

23d ago17:41

17:41

Aviator of the Year, Hope, and Support. Join us as we take the hangar to the National Convention Centre Canberra for the Air and Space Power Conference 2024 and chat to Corporal Kbora Ali, Aviator of the Year. This episode is hosted by Warrant Officer Graham Docking. Please note: This episode of Hangar 46 was recorded at the National Convention Cen…

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Hangar 46 at ASPCon24: Air Chief Marshal Lord Peach KG, GBE, KCB, DL 27:33

1M ago27:33

27:33

Listening and learning, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, and strategic environments. Join us as we take the hangar to the National Convention Centre Canberra for the Air and Space Power Conference 2024 and chat to Air Chief Marshal Lord Peach KG, GBE, KCB DL, the UK Prime Minister's Special Envoy to the Western Balkans. This episode is hosted by…

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Hangar 46: Dr Claire Yorke 28:13

2M ago28:13

28:13

Strategic Empathy and Leadership. Join us in the hangar as we chat to Dr Claire Yorke, Senior Lecturer at the Australian War College, Deakin University; about strategic empathy, what does that mean, how does it give context to previous military actions, and how is it used to create efficient and meaningful leaders. Find Dr Claire Yorke's work here …

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Hangar 46: Commander, Space Command Major General Greg Novak, AM 34:01

3M ago34:01

34:01

100 Days, Space Command, and Structuring for Success. Join us in the hangar as we chat to Commander, Space Command Major General Greg Novak, AM; about his role and career experience, how the space domain is a domain in its own right and not an enabler, and what he has planned for Space Command. This episode was hosted by Group Captain Michael Sleem…

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Hangar 46: Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of the Defence Force Warrant Officer Ken Robertson OAM 49:51

3M ago49:51

49:51

SEAC, rallying points, workforce, recruitment and retention. Join us in the hangar as we chat to Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of the Defence Force Warrant Officer Ken Robertson OAM; about his role as SEAC and what that means, his ambitions and goals, and connecting the enlisted workforce. This episode was hosted by Group Captain Michael Sle…

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Hangar 46: Professor Stephen Burgess 30:55

4M ago30:55

30:55

International Relations, Research, Australian Context. Join us in the hangar as we chat to Professor Stephen Burgess; about his time at the Air War College, his research and students, international relations, strategy, and more. This episode of Hangar 46 is hosted by Group Captain Michael Sleeman

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Hangar 46: Deputy Chief of Air Force Air-Vice Marshal Harvey Reynolds, AM 55:30

4M ago55:30

55:30

Career pathways, cultivation, Ready Reserves, Comradery. Join us in the hangar as we chat to Deputy Chief of Air Force Air-Vice Marshal Harvey Reynolds, AM; about his time on deployment, personal growth, commissioning, his role as DCAF and more.

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Hangar 46: Wing Commander Ben "Chainsaw" Sawley 36:27

4M ago36:27

36:27

Growth, workforce, new ideas and experiences. Join us in the hangar as we chat to Wing Commander Ben "Chainsaw" Sawley, Commanding Officer of 1 Flying Training School (1FTS); about his time on deployment, how he shaped his leadership style, and 1 Flying Training School.

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Hangar 46: Group Captain Steve "Fergs" Ferguson 49:47

5M ago49:47

49:47

Leadership, resilience, identity, and growth. Join us in the hangar as we chat to Group Captain Steve "Fergs" Ferguson, Director Undersea Warfare & Surveillance Contestability Division; about his time in Antarctica, handling his evolution into leadership, his mentors and more.

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Hangar 46: Professor Eliot Cohen 40:35

5M ago40:35

40:35

Political Science. Join us in the hangar as we chat to Professor Eliot Cohen, political scientist and the former Counselor of the United States Department of State; about military powers, recruitment, historical military occurrences, and more.

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Hangar 46: Professor David Whetham 1:01:44

5M ago1:01:44

1:01:44

Military ethics and profession. Join us in the hangar as we chat to Professor David Whetham of King's College London, about military ethics, conflict, and more.

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Hangar 46: Warrant Officer of the Air Force Ralph Clifton 33:33

6M ago33:33

33:33

Inspiration, journey, workforce, and experiences. Join us in the hangar as we chat to Warrant Officer of the Air Force Ralph Clifton about what inspired and influenced him, his journey to where he is today, and what superhero he would be.

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Hangar 46: Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Rob Chipman, AM, CSC 31:15

7M ago31:15

31:15

Workforce, culture, leadership, identity and connection. Join us in the hangar as we chat to Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Rob Chipman, AM, CSC, about his journey to becoming Chief of Air Force, his experiences in the role and the future.

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E31 - Vladimir Perejogin - Neuromorphic Event Based Sensing for Airborne Surveillance 16:11

2y ago16:11

16:11

In this talk, we present initial findings of the world-first airborne Neuromorphic Event Based Sensor (EBS) on-board the Defence Experimentation Airborne Platform for enhancing remote sensing for urban and maritime surveillance.

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E30 - Ulas Yildrim - Developing a Modular Demonstrator Kit to Produce ‘Drop-In’ Alternative Jet Fuels 10:34

2y ago10:34

10:34

This presentation will discuss the rationale behind the need for alternative jet fuels, the advantages/challenges associated in their uptake and the development of a modular demonstrator kit for producing ‘drop-in’ alternative jet fuels from indigenous feedstock.

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E29 - Taro Tsuchimochi - Small drones pose a new threat to the battlefield 15:56

2y ago15:56

15:56

This presentation will focus on small toy drones, which can be called “IEDs in the sky” and analyze the current situation in which it is becoming difficult for airbase-based warfare and traditional air defence systems to cope with.

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E28- Steve Gehly - Maneuver Detection and Analysis of the M2 Cubesat Separation Using Optical Data 11:59

2y ago11:59

11:59

This talk examines methods of relative orbit determination using angles-only measurements of objects in Low Earth Orbit, as exemplified using the M2 cubesat mission.

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E27 - Sophie Primig - Materials Design of Next Generation Aerospace Alloys Via Conventional and Advanced Manufacturing Routes 14:27

2y ago14:27

14:27

This talk will give an overview over handpicked projects on materials design, advanced microscopy and modelling of manufacturing processes for modern aerospace alloy parts.

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E26 - Samuel Boland - Efficient Verification of Micro Satellite Systems 14:06

2y ago14:06

14:06

This presentation covers verification methods applied for low-cost satellite projects (currently 5 satellites in orbit) at UNSW Canberra Space

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E25 - Russell Boyce - CubeSats and LEOs 33:27

2y ago33:27

33:27

This presentation will explore developments in Cubesats, Space Domain Awareness, SATCOM and in-orbit artificial intelligence at the UNSW Canberra Space, which is one of the largest concentrations of space researchers in Australia with about 30 academic and professional engineering staff covering all necessary engineering disciplines and with access…

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E24 - Pauline Pounds - Towards Blind Micro Drone Collision Avoidance 16:10

2y ago16:10

16:10

We propose to use the aerodynamic forces generated by a drone’s rotors and interactions between the air and surrounding surfaces during flight as a sensor to drive a collison avoidance algorithm causing the aircraft to pitch or roll away from nearby objects through entirely passive means.

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E23 - Patrick Hartley - Enabling Australia’s Hydrogen Industry Development - The role of CSIRO’s Hydrogen Industry Mission 16:18

2y ago16:18

16:18

This presentation will comprise an overview of the current status of Australia’s Hydrogen industry and will showcase selected examples of recent activities across the Mission’s pillars, including technological developments in areas relevant to innovation and resilience in air and space power.

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E22 - Myles Clarke - Military Additive Manufacturing Experience 16:55

2y ago16:55

16:55

In future high-end warfighting contingencies capability needs that are currently met in months or years must be met be within days. In this presentation, NX will share the results from an exercise in which an example high-end capability had a solution designed, produced, tested and delivered in a week.…

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E21 - Mike Moroney - Next Generation Acquisition and Sustainment 16:44

2y ago16:44

16:44

In this presentation, CASG NX will explain how it has facilitated key Industry 4.0 changes for Defence through its Agile approach and partnerships.

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E20 - Melrose Brown - Photometric State Estimation for Low Earth Orbit Space Domain Awareness 15:35

2y ago15:35

15:35

This talk provides an update of the work conducted at UNSW Canberra Space to address the challenges in the LEO domain through combining light curves collected by the Falcon Telescope Network (FTN) with GPU accelerated ray tracing techniques that are benchmarked against truth data obtained from the RAAF-funded M2-A, M2-B, and M2 Pathfinder missions.…

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E19 - Kate Yaxley - What does herding sheep have to do with future capability 15:47

2y ago15:47

15:47

In this presentation, we discuss how to understand behaviour shaping and influence of swarm systems using livestock mustering, which can be used for smart autonomous systems design philosophy, swarm agent models, and centre of influence techniques.

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E18 - Jason Scholz - Capturing the Value of Disruptive Innovations for Defence Aerospace 18:10

2y ago18:10

18:10

In this talk, we outline the principles for capturing the value of disruptive innovations, in order to aid the Defence Cooperative Research Centre to award research grants to rightful winners; nurture emerging leaders and entrepreneurs; encourage ambition with risk appetite; find novel solutions to needs and demonstrate; create, capture and manage …

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E17 - James Deverell - Alternative Aviation Fuel Pathways for the RAAF 20:29

2y ago20:29

20:29

In this talk, two categories of pathways for alternative fuels are considered: (1) commercially available solutions that could be adapted and progressed immediately to a demonstration/pilot; (2) and those that require further development over the next five years.

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E16 - Henry Bilinski - Advances in Drag-Reducing Sharkskin Films for Enhanced Aerospace Capability 14:38

2y ago14:38

14:38

This talk presents a unique microfabrication technique using microstructured light patterns to produce shark-skin inspired “riblet” microstructures for reducing skin-friction drag experienced by aircraft.

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E15 - Heidi Hauf - Achieving sustainable aerospace 15:43

2y ago15:43

15:43

This presentation dicusses the virtual trade framework which enables defence to rapidly adapt to merging technologies and skillsets. Virtual Trades are intended to complement the existing mustering framework by incentivising the establishment of emerging skillsets and providing a talent pool to meet future needs.…

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E14 - Harrison Bennett - Development of Space Environment Testing for Improving Resilience of Low-cost Commercial Small Satellites and Payloads 12:02

2y ago12:02

12:02

In order to ensure a resilient spacecraft production (e.g. Buccaneer Main Mission), we present our efforts to develop testing methodologies such as: space thermal testing using a thermal vacuum chamber, magnetometer testing using a Helmholtz cage, life cycle testing using external radiation chambers, and attitude control testing using a hemispheric…

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E13 - Edwin Peters - Optical and Passive Radio Frequency Measurements for Space Domain Awareness Orbit Determination and Characterisation 10:47

2y ago10:47

10:47

To improve space traffic management and mitigate the collisional orbital risk, we propose to combine optical observations with passive radio frequency measurements to increase the determination accuracy of orbiting satellites.

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E12 - David Lingard - Buccaneer Main Mission 18:45

2y ago18:45

18:45

This presentation will focus on an upcoming mission referred to as the Buccaneer Main Mission (BMM) that will launch a 6U CubeSat into low Earth orbit to explore new approaches for calibrating the Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN).

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E11 - Christopher Kourloufas - Innovative Environment for Sustainable RAAF Workforce 18:51

2y ago18:51

18:51

In this talk, I will discuss how RAAF leveraged Additive Manufacturing to engage academia with the RAAF workforce to bring about an innovative environment to materialise future capabilities and disruptive thinking.

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E10 - Brett Biddington - Establishing a Sustainable Space related STEM Pipeline for the Australian Defence Force 18:20

2y ago18:20

18:20

This talk will discuss the drivers and challenges for Australia’s ambitions for the growth of the space sector, which is predicated on the availability of a qualified (e.g. graduates in the STEM disciplines) and experienced workforce.

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E9 - Brenton Smith - Nominal Real-world Applications of Digital Twins to Complex Systems 10:48

2y ago10:48

10:48

This talk discusses the development and implementation of a satellite digital twinning framework tailored to support the design, testing and operation of complex space missions (e.g. RAAF-funded M2 satellite mission) with multi-domain (air, sea, land) integrations.

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E8 - Brenton Smith - Formation Flying of the M2 Spacecraft 13:49

2y ago13:49

13:49

This presentation outlines the novel approach taken to passively stabilise the RAAF funded M2 CubeSat formation after an spring impulse was used to separate the spacecraft from a conjoined state.

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E7 - Benjamin Eggleton - Multi-sensor fusion for real-time situational awareness 30:15

2y ago30:15

30:15

This talk will discuss projects at the Jericho Smart Sensing Laboratory that utilises physical layer sensor technology, particularly sensors based on photonics and acoustics with data fusion, to deliver a network of interconnected smart sensors forming an Internet of Defence Things (IoDT) prototype.

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E6 - Ben Sparkes - Towards Quantum Secure Free-Space Time Transfer 16:13

2y ago16:13

16:13

In this talk, we propose a Quantum time-transfer as an alternative technology that could be deployed for secure point-to-point synchronisation to mitigate potential cyber threats such as GPS denial, jamming or spoofing of satellite systems.

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E5 - Artur Lugmayr - Human-AI-Teaming with Autonomous Aerial Drones in Agile Mission Planning 17:13

2y ago17:13

17:13

We present a human-AI-teaming dashboard which synthesises sensor data output, camera sensors, and mission data as well as adaptive interface to support agile mission planning such as formalising mission goals that are communicated to the machine and other machines to execute the mission.

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E4- Anh Tuan Tran - Persistent Monitoring and Early Bushfire Warning System Using High-Altitude Balloons 13:35

2y ago13:35

13:35

This talk discusses the development of a high-altitude balloon to carry payloads (such as sensors and electronics) to: obtain the telemetry data; capture the visible light and thermal imagery; and transfer data to the other balloons and the ground station via the radio communication network; effectively using the balloon for persistent surveillance…

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E3 - Andrew Jolley - Neuromorphic event-based sensors for machine vision applications 16:14

2y ago16:14

16:14

This talk will discuss biologically-inspired or neuromorphic event-based sensors with microsecond temporal resolution and very high dynamic range for space surveillance as well as satellite tracking and characterisation

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E2 - Amy Hestermann - Crane Autonomous Systems and Artificial Intelligence in Space 16:39

2y ago16:39

16:39

This discussion will explore the ethical concerns, benefits and future utilisation of autonomous systems and AI in both space-based assets and terrestrial ground stations.

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ASPCon22 - Innovation Expo S1E1 - Alice Paton - Using Virtual Trades to unlock workforce potential in emerging skillsets 18:06

2y ago18:06

18:06

This presentation dicusses the virtual trade framework which enables defence to rapidly adapt to merging technologies and skillsets. Virtual Trades are intended to complement the existing mustering framework by incentivising the establishment of emerging skillsets and providing a talent pool to meet future needs.…

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ASPCon22 - Session 22 - Mel Hupfeld - Concluding Address 12:35

2y ago12:35

12:35

The Conclusion of the 2022 Air and Space Power conference by Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld.

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ASPCon22 - Session 21 - Brendan Nelson - Keynote A Culture of Innovation 23:12

2y ago23:12

23:12

The 2022 Air and Space Power conference had a major theme of innovation. In this episode Dr Brendan Nelson CEO of Boing Australia speak about his experiences with innovation and implementing cultural shift in organisations.

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ASPCon22 - Session 20 - Panel Discussion - Agile Innovation and Resilient Defence 19:01

2y ago19:01

19:01

The 2022 Air and Space Power conference had a major theme of innovation and resilience both within Australia and the military. This episode builds on the previous two by the expert panel discussing agile capability management models to improve military's capability life cycle.

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ASPCon22 - Session 19 - Michael Shoebridge - An Agile Model for Capability Development 21:27

2y ago21:27

21:27

The 2022 Air and Space Power conference had a major theme of innovation and resilience both within Australia and the military. In this episode the Australian Strategic Policy Institute's Director Defence Strategy and National Security talks about agile capability management models to improve military's capability life cycle.…

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