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Podcast: Defence & Security Podcast Network
Episode: SPOTLIGHT: Building Australia's guided weapons and explosive ordnance enterprise, with Ken Kota and James Heading
Description: In this episode of the Defence Connect Spotlight podcast, Ken Kota, vice-president, and James Heading, director of programs, Australian Defence Strategic Capabilities Office, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, join host Liam Garman to unpack the company's role in building Australia's sovereign missile capability. The trio begin the podcast discussing why it is fundamental for Australia to develop a sovereign missile capability, and the company's role in building Australian expertise in this field through the Australian Defence Strategic Capabilities Office. Kota and Heading then explain how the company's guided weapons solutions, including the HIMARS, have been so successful on the moder...