The particular focus of the Budget’s capability activities
in 2012-13 will be on improving airlift, land mobility, submarines, afloat
support, communications and interoperability, electronic and cyber warfare. (photo : ADM)
The Government is committed to building a Defence force that
meets the nation’s Defence needs, continues to acquire the core capabilities of
the White Paper 2009, and invests inAustralia’s technology base and industrial
future.
In order to contribute to our strategic requirements,
Defence will progress a number of core White Paper 2009 projects in 2012-13,
including:
- Replacement of Caribou transport aircraft.
- Consideration of the Growler Airborne Electronic Attack
capability.
- The acquisition of medium and heavy trucks.
- Upgrades to Orion maritime patrol aircraft, C-130J
aircraft and ANZAC class ships.
Submarines are a critical element of Australia
In addition, the Government has recently undertaken initial
consideration of the Future Submarine capability. The
Government has approved $214 million to go towards further detailed studies and
analysis, which builds on work already undertaken, to inform the Government’s
decision on the design of Australia
The White Paper 2009 was released in conjunction with the
2009 Defence Capability Plan that included some 180 projects. The 2009 White Paper also recognised that we
would need to periodically and rigorously review the mix and scale of our
capabilities to make sure they are appropriate to changing strategic
circumstances.
This review has been undertaken and the Budget supports the
core force structure principles outlined in the 2009 White Paper.
Continuing to approve new projects to enhance the ADF’s
capability will be an important focus for Government in 2012.
The particular focus of the Budget’s capability activities
in 2012-13 will be on improving airlift, land mobility, submarines, afloat
support, communications and interoperability, electronic and cyber warfare.
The total value of projects planned to be considered by
Government for approval in the 2012-13 amounts to approximately $9 billion.
In 2011, the Government approved 49 Defence Capability Plan
projects or capability initiatives, a record number of projects, underlining
our commitment to maintaining and improving a modern and more capable Defence
Force.
Since the 2009 White Paper, the Government has approved over
$13.4 billion for key capability projects, including the first 14 Joint Strike
Fighters, 24 new naval combat helicopters, over 900 additional G-Wagon trucks,
seven CH-47F new Chinook helicopters and two more D model Chinooks and new
155mm towed artillery systems.
We have also allocated funding for essential new
capabilities not envisaged in the 2009 Defence White Paper, including the new
amphibious heavy lift ship, HMAS Choules and the Interim Humanitarian and
Disaster relief ship MSV Skandi Bergen, two additional C-17 heavy lift
aircraft, for a fleet of six, and 101 more Bushmasters, with further orders
likely.
The total value of the projects approved in 2011 was more
than $6 billion.
Substantial progress was also made in implementing the
recommendations of the Force Protection Review, which is providing higher
levels of force protection to our troops deployed in Afghanistan
The implementation of these recommendations continues.
For more information and access to the Portfolio Budget
Statement go to http://www.defence.gov.au/budget/12-13/index.htm
(Aus DoD)
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