Thales wins $2 billion contract to support Australian naval fleet 

Defence manufacturing giant Thales Australia has gotten a $2 billion agreement to keep up with and support Australia’s maritime fleet in Sydney. 

The new centre will uphold the sustenance of the Royal Australian Navy’s Canberra class Landing Helicopter Docks, Hobart class Guided Missile Destroyers and HMAS Choules Landing Ship Dock. 

“I am pleased to be at Garden Island to announce this new $2 billion partnership with Thales Australia, which will create almost a thousand secure, highly skilled, local jobs in the defence industry. 

Growing our sovereign naval shipbuilding industrial capability is not just good for jobs, it’s imperative for our national security,” said Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy. 

The facility is important for another public way to deal with sustained, laying out a united network of maintenance centres in Australia to help consistent maritime shipbuilding and answer a challenging environment. 

Beneath the seven-year contract, Thales will act as the Regional Maintenance Provider for the new Regional Maintenance Centre at Defence’s Garden Island Area. 

The venture is supposed to make up to 120 direct defence industry occupations and around 800 jobs in the more extensive industrial ship-fix labour force. The agreement incorporates impetuses to guarantee nearby and territorial small and medium organisations are offered a fair chance to compete for work. 

The Thales bargain is essential for the Australian government’s continuous obligation to collaborate with industry as suggested by the Defence Strategic Review, Australian Defence stated in a media release.