Washington| The US needed to relax barriers to military technology transfer to allow Australia to better prepare for conventional war, defence industry minister Pat Conroy was due to tell a high-powered American military procurement gathering in Washington today (AEDT).
Mr Conroy, who recently released an analysis showing 28 military projects were running a cumulative 97 years late and $6.5 billion over budget, will say that time is running out for Australia to sure up its defences, including submarine fleet.
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