Australian Munitions comprises a team of strategic partners: US-based General Dynamics
Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Norway’s Nammo and Winchester Australia. (photo : lutz moeller)
Thales
Australia has officially launched Australian Munitions – a business dedicated
to providing a wide range of munitions that deliver a battlefield advantage to
Australia’s warfighters. This will enable better access to capabilities,
increased flexibility, and greater cost-effectiveness in meeting the customer’s
munitions requirements.
Australian
Munitions is part of Thales’s global network of explosive ordnance expertise,
which includes Thales Advanced Weapon Systems, Thales Missile Electronics,
Junghans Microtec, TDA Armements and Forges de Zeebrugge (FZ).
It also
comprises a team of renowned strategic partners: US-based General Dynamics
Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Norway’s Nammo and Winchester Australia.
This team
represents world-class organisations committed to delivering international
quality locally, adding significant depth to Australia's domestic munitions
production capacity. Australian Munitions brings a broad product portfolio
encompassing the majority of the Australian Defence Force’s non-guided
munitions product requirements from small, medium and large calibre ammunition
through to bombs, demolition stores and pyrotechnics.
Bringing the
best of global and local supply chains, Australian Munitions will lower the
cost of Australia’s explosive ordnance capability, while continuing to deliver
world-leading safety performance in Australia’s strategically critical ordnance
sites.
Thales
Australia CEO Chris Jenkins said: “With this business we are building the
future of explosive ordnance manufacturing in this country. As a team we are
dedicated to ensuring the Australian Defence Force has the best munitions the
world has to offer, especially when t comes to US and NATO interoperability.
“Our
partners give us significant global reach when it comes to accessing the widest
range of technologies, and the market scale to ensure value for money for
taxpayers.
“Thales
Australia has a long history of explosive ordnance expertise, and our knowledge
of the complexities of operating the Benalla and Mulwala facilities is
demonstrated by our strong safety record in these challenging environments –
safety is central to everything we do, and we have an ongoing program of
continuous improvement in this area.”
Australian
Munitions will encompass the manufacturing sites at Benalla in Victoria and
Mulwala in New South Wales, and will be headed by Thales Australia Armaments
Vice President Kevin Wall. These sites can trace their heritage back over 120
years to the Colonial Ammunition Company, registered in Victoria in 1888, and
represent the continuing evolution
(Thales)
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