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Sept/Oct 2009 Issue
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SMART Sustainment contributing to the Strategic Reform Program
The Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) is committed to meeting its contribution to the Strategic Reform Program, a wide-ranging reform agenda in Defence that will result in improved efficiency and is expected to provide $20 billion of savings over the decade.
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Defence Industry Innovation Centre launched
The Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr, and the Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, Mr Greg Combet, have announced the launch of the $21.2 million Defence Industry Innovation Centre.
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Submariners to receive pressurised escape training in Australia
Mr Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, announced on 4 August 2009 that the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) will benefit from pressurised submarine escape training being reinstated in Australia, following the signing of a contract between the Defence Materiel Organisation and the Underwater Centre Fremantle (TUCF).
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DMO awards Raytheon Squirrel helicopter contract
Mr Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, announced on 29 July that the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) has awarded Raytheon Australia an In-Service Support contract for the Squirrel helicopter fleet.
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Five minutes with…
Damien Brown is 26 and completing the Materiel Vocational Employment Scheme (MVES) at the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO). The MVES is designed to support students through their final years of TAFE. MVES provides part-time paid employment combined with flexible ongoing study and guaranteed employment on successful completion of the Scheme.
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Defence Skilling Summit 2009
The ADM Defence Skilling Summit is fast approaching, and will be held on 29-30 September, at the Hilton on the Park in Melbourne. This year, speakers from across Defence and Industry will be discussing skilling and managing the defence workforce.
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New Defence Industry Innovation Centre assisting SMEs
The Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) has allocated $21.2 million to fund, establish and manage the new Defence Industry Innovation Centre within the Enterprise Connect Program for a period of five years.
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Defence and Industry continue to build strategic partnerships
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Enhancements for the AP-3C Orion aircraft
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Tasmanian company latest player in $8 billion Air Warfare Destroyer Project
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Future submarine project study
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Further Bushmaster sales to the Netherlands
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ANZAC missile defence project on track
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New ADF pilot training
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Townsville aircraft maintenance and support services facility opens
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Novel Air Cargo Scanner wins DSTO Eureka Prize
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150th SADI agreement signed
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 Remember When? |
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.. we had the SCR-536?
Call it a ‘handie-talkie’ or a ‘walkie-talkie’, by any name, the United States (US)-designed and manufactured SCR-536 lightweight, hand-held receiver-transmitter was a revolution in tactical radio communications.
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Alloy research cuts through the fighter cost barrier
Defence is an expensive business. Strike aircraft weapons systems, for example, don’t come cheap. But their necessity and these strained economic times, means more research is being put into reducing their cost of production.
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A local SME who’s big on service
With just seven staff, the team at Specialised Sales and Service specialises in heat exchanger equipment, orbital welding systems, on-site machining equipment and Weber hydraulic rescue tools.
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 Upcoming Events |
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| September |
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26
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Townsville Air Show
Townsville
26 - 27 September 2009
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Tue
29
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ADM's 5th Annual Defence Skilling Summit
Hilton on the Park, Melbourne, Victoria
29 - 30 September 2009
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| October |
Tue
13 |
Royal Aeronautical Society Lecture
Dr Alan Stephens OAM: Fact or Fiction – New Air Combat Capability
Military Theatre, Australian Defence Force Academy, ACT
13 October 2009
For more email: rstanier@grapevine.com.au
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Tue
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MilCIS 2009 NSW - The way ahead
National Convention Centre, Canberra, ACT
10 - 12 November 2009
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| 2010
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| January |
Wed
27
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Sea Power Conference 2010/Pacific 2010 Maritime Conference
Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, NSW
27 - 29 January 2009
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Inside the DMO |
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Portfolio Budget Statements 2011-12 |
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2011 Public Defence Capability Plan |
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Defence Annual Report 2010-11 |
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DMO Major Projects Report 2010-11 |
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Defence Industry Policy Statement 2010 |
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Defence Procurement Policy Manual |
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Rizzo Report |
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