October 2006 Issue
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DMO Re-Baselines Projects
Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) is working to establish a new Acquisition Categorisation (ACAT) baseline for DMO projects.
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SADI expands
Defence Materiel Organisation’s (DMO) Skilling Australia ’s Defence Industry (SADI) program has been refined to target wider participation.
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Threats to industry
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) Director General, Paul O’Sullivan has delivered a warning to Australian defence industry that the threat of espionage is real and expands beyond Government to businesses linked to the national interest.
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Abrams project six-months ahead of schedule
The Australian Army is likely to have a deployable tank squadron equipped with the most advanced and capable tank in the world six months ahead of schedule and within budget.
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ACT: Australia’s Silicon Valley
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government aims to establish the national capital as Australia’s Silicon Valley by expanding Canberra’s Information Communication Technologies (ICT) and defence research capabilities.
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Doing business with the United States
Part 3 - CONDMAT Washington series
Defence importers and exporters, Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) and Australian defence industry respectively must navigate complex foreign policy and varying acquisition processes to achieve objectives.
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$60 million for joint Defence-Industry ‘Rapid’ program
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ULTRA ushered in
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Another milestone for the Government's hardened and networked Army initiative
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Navy still confident in Armidale capability after operational pause
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 Remember
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Australia last bought a tank?
In the mid-1960s, the Army began to focus on a replacement for the Centurion medium tank that had been in service since late 1951.
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 Innovations |
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Making armour material accessible
Body armour protects its wearer from small arms ammunition and high velocity fragments, or shrapnel, that travel at speeds of up to 1000 metres per second.
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 Small
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Transferable technology
In the 1980’s Thomas Electronics of Australia (TEOA), established in 1956, expanded its market beyond television tube manufacturing and repairs, adding defence.
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 Upcoming
Events |
| 2006
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| October |
Wed
18 |
AEEMA Excellence Awards, Melbourne
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Tue
24 -27 |
Land Warfare Conference 2006, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre |
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30 -31 |
UAS Technologies for the 21st Century.
The digital battlespace: Platforms, payloads and missions
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| November |
Mon
29 -30 |
International Business Convention for the Aerospace Industries
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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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