| September 2005 \\ In This Issue |
 Top News Headlines at DMO |
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Amphibious ships, the task ahead
The Federal Government has given first pass approval to the $2 billion Amphibious Ships project.
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Building sustainment for new Troop Lift Helicopter
The ADF and Australian industry will benefit from the signing of a sustainment contract and program agreement worth $650 million to support the Army’s new Troop Lift Helicopters.
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AWD preferred designer selected
The Federal Government has selected Gibbs & Cox as the preferred designer for the Navy’s Air Warfare Destroyers (AWDs).
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Uniting Defence and industry – profile on Peter Croser
The DMO Industry Division is changing, and the driving force behind the raft of new initiatives to strengthen Australia ’s defence industry is Industry Division Head, Peter Croser.
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Introduction to the Defence Materiel Organisation
Defence Materiel Organisation – the DMO. We understand the words "defence” and “organisation”. But what of “materiel”, like “material” only spelt incorrectly.....
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Shooting for success - HMAS WESTRALIA replacement
2006 will see the commissioning of the Navy’s new support ship HMAS SIRIUS three years ahead of its original in service date, at one third the cost and six years after it was first proposed in the 2000 Defence White Paper.
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 News Bites |
Australian Industry Involvement in JSF Grows
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Australia and US to develop new radar technology
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Unmanned Vehicles offer new defence capabilities
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Marine industry delivers Army bridging fleet
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Plotting Costs
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DMO focus on regional Australia
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International Data Link Symposium
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DMO and Industry ensure Australian soldiers are equipped
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Putting in the groundwork with defence industry
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 Remember When? |
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….. we built a Tank Killer! MALKARA: The Australian ATGW
The Second World War instigated rapid technological advances in the design of armoured fighting vehicles. These advances were accompanied by similar advances in the design of anti-tank weapons.
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 Innovations |
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Solar energy may provide soldier power
An innovative new technology proposal funded under the Capability and Technology Demonstrator (CTD) program could provide soldiers with solar power in the field.
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 Small to Medium Enterprises |
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Real time with Cirrus
Cirrus, a Sydney-based SME develops real time systems and has provided defence with systems spanning signal processing, data recording, simulation and communications applications.
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 Upcoming Events |
| 2005 |
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Tue
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Defence+Industry 2005 - Regional Briefing
Hobart - Anglesea Barracks.
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SPEG Conference
DMO sponsors the third annual Software & Systems Engineering Process Group (SEPG) conference to be held at the Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney 26-29 September 2005.
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| October |
Tue
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Peter Croser
Keynote address at the ADM Skilling summit.
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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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