Toward Programme
Another model: Canada integrates defence acquisition and industry funding
Why it matters
The article examines whether Australia's forthcoming Defence Delivery Agency has sufficient commercial freedom and industrial tools to deliver military capability at pace, using Canada's defence investment corporation model as a benchmark. Institutional agility in defence procurement and industry coordination is a core enabler of the AUKUS submarine programme and broader industrial-base resilience under Pillar 3.
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