Canberra-based Lockheed Martin Australia and Sydney based Thales Australia have signed a Teaming Agreement to explore opportunities to advance the development and production of Solid Rocket Motors (SRM) for the Australian market. The purpose of the agreement is to collaborate,…
Sydney-based Thales Australia has strongly welcomed the Australian government’s $37.4 million contract with Lockheed Martin Australia to commence manufacturing of the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) from 2025 in Australia, says the company’s CEO Jeff Connolly. Thales Australia runs…
Thales Australia has won the $2 billion Regional Maintenance Provider (RMP) contract for the new Regional Maintenance Centre East (RMC-E) at Defence’s Sydney based Garden Island Precinct. The contract will create up to 120 direct defence industry jobs and around…
Thales Australia has signed a university-wide Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) to increase the impact of collaboration between the two organisations. The MoU builds upon the long-standing relationship between the two. By fostering ethical,…
Thales Australia is developing a master plan to establish a sovereign Maritime Autonomy and SME Collaboration Precinct at the company’s Carrington site on the Newcastle foreshore. This will be implemented If Thales Australia is selected for the RAN Mine Countermeasures…
Thales Australia and Swinburne University of Technology’s Aerostructures Innovation Research Hub (AIR Hub) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the development of new operational concepts to advance R&D opportunities and support evolving aviation concepts including Advanced Air Mobility…
The Australian Army is thinking about fielding a new coastal defence battery under Project LAND 4100 Ph.2. The new battery would form part of Army’s new Fires Brigade which includes a Land Based Maritime Strike capability. Army is reported to…
Australia’s Air Traffic Management provider Airservices Australia has chosen Thales Australia as its primary system integrator for an Integrated Drone Surveillance System (IDSS) trial at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport. Thales is already prime contractor on the joint civil/defence OneSKY upgrade of…
Sydney based companies Thales Australia and Ocius Technologies have teamed to advance the development and deployment of a scalable Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) capability for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and surveillance missions. The Australian-designed and manufactured Blue Sentry autonomous system, comprising…
DMTC Limited and its partners have begun a series of projects in the Advanced Piezoelectric Materials and Applications (APMA) Program to accelerate the development of next-generation piezoelectric materials for defence applications. The APMA Program delivered by DMTC represents a coordinated,…