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Australian F-35A Lightning II achieves Initial Operational Capability

Joint media release Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Melissa Price MP Australia’s F-35A Lightning II fleet can now be deployed on operations, with Initial Operational Capability being officially achieved today. Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC said the F-35s are the…

Sovereign defence industry ensuring safe and connected ADF capabilities

The Morrison Government has released a plan that provides important guidance to test and evaluate equipment and systems for the Australian Defence Force. Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price said the Test, evaluation, certification and systems assurance Sovereign Industrial Capability…

More than 1000 Australians now ready for naval shipbuilding careers

The Naval Shipbuilding College has reached a new milestone, having prepared more than 1000 Australians for a career in naval shipbuilding. Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price said the achievement demonstrated how the Morrison Government was working to deliver a generation of jobs in the…

Steel cutting marks major milestone for Hunter Class Frigate Program

Joint media release Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Melissa Price MP Minister for Finance, Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham The Morrison Government’s National Naval Shipbuilding Enterprise has reached a major milestone today with the official start of the prototyping phase of the Hunter…

Defence and resource industry to coexist at Greenvale Training Area

Joint media release Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Melissa Price MP Senator for Queensland, Senator the Hon Susan McDonald Member for Herbert, Phillip Thompson OAM MP   Defence has executed its first Deed of Access for resource extraction on Defence land near Greenvale, North…

States and Territories follow Morrison Government’s lead on Aussie shipbuilding jobs

Every Australian state and territory is set to join forces with the Morrison Government to develop a skilled national naval shipbuilding workforce by signing Cooperation Agreements with the Government’s Naval Shipbuilding College. The cooperation agreements commit the states and territories to…

Morrison Government backing Aussie know-how in Army project

The Morrison Government is investing up to $35 million in the remaining phase of a program in which 18 small businesses are designing, developing and manufacturing a military communications prototype.The Command, Control, Communications and Computing Evolutionary Digital Ground Environment (C4 EDGE…

WA company awarded contract for Hunter Class Frigate program

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Navy's most advanced warships exercise together for the first time

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Morrison Government provides path to exciting career in naval shipbuilding

The Morrison Government’s Naval Shipbuilding College has released a catalogue of education and training courses to help job seekers secure employment in the growing shipbuilding sector. Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price said the increasing list of shipbuilding and Defence focused courses…

2020 Minister's Award for Achievement in Defence Science

Joint media release Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Melissa Price MP   Defence Scientist, Dr Sylvie Perreau, has been awarded the 2020 Minister’s Award for Achievement in Defence Science, for her excellence in signal processing and wireless networks within highly classified…

Defence industry and academia aim high at SpaceFest

Joint media release Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Melissa Price MP   Defence industry and academia have demonstrated leading edge space domain capabilities during Defence’s SpaceFest 2020. This year’s event focussed on ground-based sensing technology and data, with participants…