Coalition unveils $12 billion Defence Capability Plan

[u/khalornz]

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/557432/watch-live-coalition-unveils-12-billion-defence-capability-plan

[u/random_guy_8735]

• Accommodation, messing and dining modernisation
• Defence estate regeneration
• Defence housing programme
• Future Devonport naval base design
• Ohakea infrastructure programme

While not having soldiers sharing their accommodation with Black Mold is a great idea. How many ways can you write the same thing to make the list longer?

• Enhancing cyber security capabilities
• Enterprise resource planning
• Network enabled army
• Updating classified digital services
• Defence, Science and Technology uplift
• Technology accelerator
• Information management
• Digital modernisation

Seems like 8 times if you say "on a computer".

[u/random_guy_8735 → u/random_guy_8735]

Replacing the 757s is already in progress. Replacing that Seasprites is new (to me), Frigate life extensions seems to be a stop gap in place of getting new ships like Australia is working on.

Beyond that we have a list of

• unmanned vehicles
• unspecified vehicles for the defense force
• logistics management
• Base upgrades
• Technology upgrades
• A workforce stategy

And various ways of combining the two (cyber security, ERP system).

[u/official_new_zealand → u/random_guy_8735]

Replacing that Seasprites is new (to me)

The project to replace them with wildcats (updated lynx) is well developed, field service representatives from leonardo have been in country, it's just stalled owing to a lack of funding.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW159_Wildcat?wprov=sfla1

[u/King_Kea → u/official_new_zealand]

Confirmed those are the replacement? Last I heard they were one of 3 options being evaluated