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In today's Defence Week we look closer at the Defence Export Strategy plus there's more on the Harris Defence Australia milestone this week. There's more money for highly classified projects Defence doesn't want scrutinised and the contract for OPVs is formally signed.
As we went to press, the Government announced the removal of Sea 4000 Phase 3 (Air Warfare Destroyer) from the Projects of Concern list - welcome news given the program is now adhering to the reformed schedule and hats off to those who have worked hard to keep it there. But let's not forget the destroyers are still overdue by two and a half years and ended up costing in excess of a billion dollars more than originally budgeted. Here's to
harsh lessons well learnt,
Patrick Durrant
Associate Editor
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Applications by Australian defence exporters under the facility will be subject to a number of conditions.
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Callaghan cited the successful application of the First Principles Review as the main driver in the company's growth and success of recent times.
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Luerssen is still engaged in contract negotiations with Civmec subsidiary Forgacs Marine and Defence and Austal regarding the build of 10 of the OPVs in WA from 2020.
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The contracts covered work being performed in the fields of radar, sonar, Improvised Explosive Device (IED) detection, data encryption and electronic support measures.
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A Taylor Bros team has been embedded into Navantia Australia’s design and production teams for the Sea 5000 program.
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The Prime Minister’s visit follows the release of the Australian Government’s Defence Export Strategy, and Thomas Global received special attention in the document.
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The MR6 has a new hull and driveline features and represents the sixth production run for the PMV, with 1,150 now delivered to eight customers during the five previous runs.
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The full version of Defence Week can be downloaded here as a PDF plus a separate PDF of the weekly tenders.
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Australian Defence Magazine - Current Edition
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In the December/January, ADM presents the annual Top 40 Defence Contractors/Top 20 Defence SMEs survey listing.
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Less than 2 weeks to Congress 2018!
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The ADM Congress, held every February and now into its 15th year, is Australia's only Canberra-based annual Defence conference.
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