As Australia’s foreign and defence ministers and the US secretaries of state and defence prepare to meet for the annual AUSMIN consultations, ASPI has released a collection of essays exploring the policy context and recommending Australian priorities for the talks. This is the second of three edited extracts from the volume’s technology chapter, which proposes five key science and technology areas for greater US–Australia collaboration that carry significant national security and defence risks for both countries.
Powering the warfighter: energy storage for next-generation technologies
Drones have been deployed by both sides in the Russian war on Ukraine to significant effect. Russia has used them for missile strikes and continues to seek more advanced military-grade drones from Iran. Ukraine has had great success in employing its civilian population’s personal drones for…
AUSMIN 2022: technology collaboration for energy storage and resilience
