An inclusive culture Work-life balance, generous leave entitlements and champions of diversity and inclusion. Relocation Generous financial package to meet the costs involved with relocation. The Department of Defence is committed to developing a workforce that represents the diversity in Australian culture.

We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Australians and people with a disability. Candidates must be Australian citizens to be eligible for employment for the Department of Defence graduate program. Upon registering your details through Defence's online recruitment portal you will be asked to complete personal information and asked questions which relate to eligibility for the program such as citizenship and completion of the degree prior to program commencement.

After submitting your pre-application you will be invited to undertake a short online test, which will be utilised to assess both cognitive and analytical ability. This test takes only mins. You will be given two days to complete this. After completing the online Revelian Cognify assessment, you will be advised via email which Graduate Pathways you meet the eligibility requirements for and will be asked to address selection criteria and provide details of academic results, relevant skills, qualifications, current and previous employment.

If invited to submit your application, you will have until PM AEST 11 April to complete responses to selection criteria and submit your application.

In addition to selecting your graduate Pathway preferences you may select up to two and responding to selection criteria, you will also be asked to enter your degree results i. Applicants who are found to be competitive on the basis of their Revelian Coginify testing and written application will be invited to attend the further screening and assessment processes. Assessment processes will vary depending upon the career Pathway you have applied and are being assessed against.

Screening and Assessment Centres are held digitally and run in Pathway groupings. If selected to attend an Assessment Centre, you will be invited to spend half a day online with assessors from Defence. We use a range of activities and exercises to assess competency for a graduate position with the Department.

If successful, a member of the Defence Graduate and Entry Level Programs Office will make contact via telephone with an offer of employment between July and November, depending upon the Graduate Pathway for which you are being offered employment.

Unsuccessful applicants will be advised via e-mail before the end of November. Defence is part of the Australian Public Service and, as such, you will be working in an environment where work-life balance is important, salaries are competitive with the industry, and your career options are endless.

All of this, plus generous personal leave entitlements and a superannuation scheme that contributes to the overall package. The deadline for the receipt of proposals is February 25, at p. Project GO is seeking proposals from U. The deadline for the receipt of proposals is April 4, at p. English for Heritage Language Speakers. Evidence of age and deterioration includes the loss of an Indonesian Navy Virginia Class submarine found split in three parts on the ocean floor with 53 declared dead in April Therefore, additional funding from the AUKUS submarine project for eight submarines would be useful if not essential.

Overall, the French program, despite its best effort, was not meeting expectations. A strategic revision was considered necessary. Presumably, this will be the United States. Consequently, the AUKUS submarine will feature only conventional weapons even though it will employ a nuclear-powered propulsion system. There is just one university course in nuclear engineering in Australia, and it is sparsely attended.

Where will the land-based test and evaluation facility be located? Where will the eight nuclear-propelled submarines be berthed in Australia? Source: U.

The overwhelming advantages of nuclear-powered propulsion, including stealth and sustainable operations, are here to stay. Once turned on, the nuclear-powered propulsion system fueled by highly enriched uranium can last for 33 years and is never turned off.

Longevity is limited only by the care and feeding of the crew. The United States will be the source of enriched uranium and intellectual property. Virginia Class submarine from Electric Boat. Beyond geography, what else does Australia bring to the table, and what are its liabilities? Only liabilities come to mind. Also, partners may be wise to recall the lack of trustworthiness displayed by Australia in its termination of the French Naval Project earlier.

The international community in the Indo-Pacific Region is the principal customer. France was the front competitor before being unseated. French and Chinese attempts to frustrate the project can be expected.

This greatly upset France and prompted a brief recall of its ambassadors to the United States and Australia. Of course, the project also has upset China, at a time when tensions are rising in the Taiwan Straits. In short, the French Naval Group attack class was evolutionary, not revolutionary, lacking any major new capabilities.

The French offering was not competitive. In addition, the French project was over budget, increasing tension and stress between the buyer and seller, and prompting the search for a new acquisition strategy.

These side effects, though perhaps surmountable, present challenging technical problems yet to be solved while meeting all the project goals. Photo used by permission of UK Ministry of Defence. That is the question. This berthing advantage will contribute to a more sustainable weapon system capable of longer deployments.

The prudent baseline approach may be to settle for the conventional speed torpedo in order to avoid the side effects of incorporating the advanced technology supercavitation torpedo. Here we lack experience based on iterations of usage.

While speed is nice to have, stealth is a necessity and cannot be traded off. Better may be the enemy of good enough. The rubber or synthetic crystal polymer tiles contain thousands of tiny dimples and are applied to the hulls of submarines to absorb sound emissions and improve noise and vibration management. The problem lies in the effectiveness and durability of the glue that attaches the tiling to the hull.

The glue may give way under environmental conditions, including large temperature swings, pressures at 1, feet below the surface, and the friction of moving under water. The weak link is Australia, although its proximity to China ensures its participation.

Australia lacks the knowledge, skills, and behaviors in nuclear engineering to lead in designing, building, integrating, testing, evaluating, and operating a nuclear-propelled submarine fleet focused on stealth and sustainability. The planned month study is unlikely to remedy the situation. A seasoned software engineering manager, technologist, and independent consultant, he has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Reproduction or reposting of articles from Defense Acquisition magazine should credit the author and the magazine. Acquisition teams must deal with advanced technologies, challenging operational environments, frequent policy changes, fiscal uncertainty, evolving threats, and changing requirements. Stakeholders demand we go faster and deliver high quality systems that are supportable and easy to maintain.

Unfortunately, program progress often will deviate from the program plan, necessitating adjustments to stay on track.

Duct tape seems to be one of the more popular workaround tools to fix everything from a hole in a garden hose to a broken snow shovel. The workaround may be a temporary fix until we can employ a more suitable or enduring solution.

Given the many unexpected events in defense acquisition, effective workarounds can help program teams avoid costly work stoppages and maintain progress. However, the temporary fix can be critical in allowing the effort or task to continue, even if it is not an optimal solution. The unexpected aspect is important because it suggests we do not have the luxury of planning well in advance. Unlike risk mitigation plans that anticipate negative events, the need for a workaround is difficult to forecast.

During the first Gulf War in , distributing the Air Tasking Order ATO to the execution organizations was challenging due to communications and interoperability issues. The ATO disseminates a comprehensive listing of air missions for a hour cycle and includes the aircraft, call signs, times, and other mission information needed for coordinated air operations.

This workaround kept a major program moving forward, enabling deployment of a critical capability on schedule and within budget. The program was a command-and-control aircraft upgrade to the mission system, sensors, and communications. As background, the initial estimates for software required to perform the mission system functions were an order of magnitude lower than what was needed late in development. Unfortunately, due to technical, budget, and schedule constraints and the original software load estimates, the mission computing design could not be upgraded during development, leaving a critical system deficiency unresolved.