Writing / Systems Analysis

Defence systems and the engineering that underwrites them

Kalan Ferguson / Systems-level analysis, ongoing

Long-form analysis of the platforms shaping Australian sovereign capability, written from an engineer's view of the constraints that actually govern them: structure, power, thermal budgets, and the design trade-offs underneath the strategy.

MQ-28A Ghost Bat at Woomera
Defence Strategy

MQ-28A Ghost Bat: engineering modularity for autonomous airpower

Why the Ghost Bat's real significance is its modular nose, the SWaP and structural constraints it imposes, and what that means for Australian sovereign capability under AUKUS.

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In progress
Autonomous Systems

Anduril Ghost Shark

Australia's acquisition of the extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle and its implications for Indo-Pacific deterrence.

In progress
Planned
Strategic Capability

Hypersonic launch systems

The engineering and industrial base behind sovereign hypersonic capability, and where the physical bottlenecks sit.

Planned