Defence Materiel Organisation - On Target October 2008

October 2008 Issue
\\ In This Issue

01	News Headlines	04	Innovations
02	News Bites	05	SMEs
03	Remember When?	06	Calendar

Top News Headlines at DMO

	OnTarget survey Here is your opportunity to tell us what you think of OnTarget, what information you would like to see more of and what is important to you. The results of the survey will be published in the coming months.
	Mortimer Review on Defence procurement and sustainment The Minister for Defence, the Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon MP, recently announced he had received the independent report of the Defence Procurement and Sustainment Review – the Mortimer Review – conducted by Mr David Mortimer AO.
	DMO Jobs Our Logistics Support Agency – Navy (LSA-N) has several vacancies in Sydney and Rockingham (WA) requiring suitably skilled and experienced individuals in the management of resource allocations and customer supplied budgets.
	DMO Executive Briefings Significant opportunities exist for Industry to do business with Defence. Senior Defence executives will be conducting executive briefings during November, in selected capital and regional centres around Australia.
	Changes to the Australian Industry Capability program A key objective of the Australian Government is the development of a sustainable and capable Defence Industry that supports key military capabilities and contributes to Australia’s self reliance.
	AWD progressing well The Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) Alliance has celebrated a number of significant milestones recently and the project is progressing well.
	Limitation of liability under review A current review of limitation of liability provisions by Special Counsel to CEO DMO is aimed at both Defence and Industry adopting a common best practice project risk assessment methodology.
	The Steyr Focus Group hits the mark Defence Materiel Organisation’s (DMO) Industry Division has hosted a highly successful Product-Specific Focus Group in conjunction with Thales Australia.
	Three stage tender process closely engages Industry for non-combat uniform Land Systems Division through Clothing Systems Program Office has a three-stage, open tender program in progress to select one or a small number of Prime Vendors to manage designated work packages of Non-Combat Uniform (NCU).
	TUAV system alternative sought Defence is now considering alternative capabilities following DMO and Boeing Australia agreeing to terminate the contract for the delivery of a Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV) System.

News Bites

Combet meets New South Wales Defence Industry

Blue Marlin to transport LHD hulls

Antonov AN-124 delivers second Hornet centre barrel aircraft home to Australia

Opportunities exist in the North

C-17 a project management success

Award for Tactical Common Data Link project

Remember When?

Still serving in the Second World war, an infantryman aims his SMLE during gas attack practice.

... We Had Bolt Action Rifles?
Today’s soldiers tend to take the selective fire weapon for granted. Squeeze off a round, the weapon cycles automatically and another fresh round is ready to go. But it was not always so. Until the late 1950s, the Australian Army continued to use essentially the same rifle as had been used since before the First World War.

Innovations

	An option for the harsh environment The ORTEC Products Group has introduced a Harsh Environment (HE) detector as a new option for its ORTEC Pop-Top GEM and GMX coaxial high-resolution detector line.
	Sky the limit for Mupod We’ve all heard about flying saucers......right? With most of us believing it belonged to Hollywood...or The Jetsons. Well fiction has now become reality.

Small to Medium Enterprises

“Mission Critical” Cable Harness Systems
Interconnect Systems is a major supplier of interconnect products as used on civil airlines, next generation fighter aircraft, main battle tanks and radio communication systems. Their expertise is in the design and manufacture of high reliability interconnect cable harmess systems and components.

Upcoming Events

2008

October
Sat 4 -5	Defence Force Air Show 2008 RAAF Base Amberley (Queensland)
Mon 27 -31	Land Warfare Conference 2008 Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
November
Tue 4 -6	UDT Pacific 2008 Undersea defence technology Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Thu 6 -7	Submarine Institute of Australia 2008 Conference 'Australia's Future Submarine - The Way Ahead' Canberra, Shine Dome ANU
2009
	Avalon 2009 Australian International Airshow and Aerospace and Defence Exposition Avalon Airport 10 - 15 March 2009
	Defence and Industry Conference and Trade Exhibition 2009 Adelaide Convention and Exhibition Centre, 29 June - 3 July 2009
	ASWEC 2009 Australian Software Engineering Conference Courtyard Marriott Surfers Paradise Resort Gold Coast, Queensland 14 - 17 April 2009

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