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INDUSTRY NEWS
May 2021 Defence Business
WA and SA Benefit From Combats Systems Expansion The DTC has repeatedly called for a unified national approach to securing work for Australian defence business, rather than a fragmented and sometimes overly competitive state-by-state approach. It has welcomed the news that the expansion of Defence’s ‘next generation’ combat management system has created more than 100 local jobs and new opportunities for Australian businesses across two states – SA and WA. Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price said the expanded combat management system will now include Maritime Mine Counter Measures and Military Survey Vessels. As such it would drive the next phase of growth and investment by Saab Australia, the nation’s sovereign Combat Management System provider. “This project will create Australian jobs for engineers and project managers, developing further capability within
The crew of HMAS Supply line the upper decks during her commissioning ceremony at Fleet Base East in Sydney, New South Wales.
the industrial supply chain and supporting a major, multimillion-dollar expansion of Saab’s South Australian and West Australian facilities,” she said. “Saab’s investment and recruitment since signing their Enterprise Partnering Agreement with Defence in February 2020 is clear evidence that the Morrison Government’s Naval Shipbuilding Plan is creating jobs and delivering sovereign capability. “In the first 12 months of the EPA, Saab has been awarded almost $20 million and welcomed 108 new staff across Australia.”
Saab Australia is a key partner in the delivery of Australia’s sovereign shipbuilding capability, with almost 600 highly skilled engineers, project managers and specialists delivering defence and security solutions. Today’s announcement means Saab’s CMS will be equipped on six of the RAN’s classes of vessels: Anzac, Canberra, Supply, Arafura, Mine Countermeasures and Military Survey Vessels. For more information regarding opportunities associated with SEA 1905 Phase 1, visit AusTender at www.tenders.gov.au .
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