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Capability and Investment Analysis
This service offering supports decision-making for defence and national security capabilities.
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Experience
Capability and investment analysis is a core part of SPA Australia’s offering.
Independently developed over decades, our impartial analysis of defence and military capability is highly sought after and trusted by decision-makers to inform costly and important decisions.
We are aligned with the Military Operations Society (MORS) Research community, and apply best-practice approaches to capability analysis.
With an extensive catalogue of previous studies and analysis, we leverage and reach back to world-leading subject matter expertise, in line with ITAR and export control guidelines.
Skills & expertise
The SPA Australia team has a broad range of domain and technology expertise to tackle the most challenging problems. Examples include:
Force Design & Capability Development
- Capability needs and requirements definition
- Gap analysis and capability effectiveness
- Option analysis
- Integrated force design
- Program and project management
- Cost estimation and assurance
Integrated Force Operations
- Integrated Air and Missile Defence
- Multi-domain strike
- Force projection and sustainment
- Mobilisation and logistics
Domain Capability Expertise
- Maritime capability
- Littoral capability
- Army capability
- Space capability
- Cyber capability
Emerging Technologies & Industrial Capability
- Guided weapons
- Robotic and autonomous systems
- Maritime trade and industrial base
- Basing and support
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Anthony Ween
Principal Advisor
National Lead – Defence & Analytics
Scott Bradford
Expert Advisor
Director – Joint
Portia Wolf
Expert Advisor
Director – Space and Cyber
David Brown CSM
Expert Advisor
Director – Maritime
Sean King
Principal Advisor
Strategy and Markets Lead
Wayne Coulston
Expert Advisor
Director – Federal Government
Craig Johnstone
Military Operations Analyst
Marcelo Lagos
Military Operations Analyst
Joe Erskine
Military Operations Research Analyst
Norm McMurray
Program Analyst
Banjo Ward
Software Engineer
Benjamin Wharton
Software Engineer
Tye Young
Modelling and Simulation Team Leader
Get in touch
Anthony Ween
National Lead – Defence & Analytics
M 0417 849 464
E aween@au.spa.com
Scott Bradford
Director – Joint
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Director – Joint
Portia Wolf
Director – Space and Cyber
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E pwolf@au.spa.com
David Brown CSM
Director – Maritime
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E dgbrown@au.spa.com