Australia Moving Out On New Submarines
Filed under: ASC, Australia, Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Countries, Events, Rand, development program, production program
The Australian government has planned an ambitious expansion of their armed forces. Several major defense contracts will be let in the next few years with a goal of local companies doing the work. The largest amongst these is to build new submarines for the Navy. The first step in this contract was taken last week with the award of a contract to The Rand Corporation of the United States to begin doing a study of Australia’s capability to build these submarines in the necessary quantity. There was no value given for the contract but the goal is to have the study done early next year.
Australia had built there last class of submarines, the Collins Class, at the ASC company’s yards. This company provides maintenance for the vessels as well. They are also the lead for a new class of destroyers being built by Australia. Earlier this year the government had expressed concern about ASC’s performance maintaining the existing submarine fleet and this contract is related to those beliefs.
Lockheed Martin tests Aegis for Australia air war fleet
MOORESTOWN, N.J., Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin Thursday began testing the Aegis weapon system before its deployment on Australia's Air Warfare Destroyer fleet of three new warships. The tests would last four months and, once successful, the system would be installed on the first of the three Australian AWD vessels being fitted out with Aegis by Lockheed Martin.
Australia Reportedly To Buy F-35
Filed under: Australia, Boeing, Business Line, Companies, Congress, Countries, Events, Lockheed Martin, Military Aviation, Proposal, Restructuring, development program, production program
Two days after the roll out of their first F/A-18 aircraft necessary to provide an interim air capability until the nation moves out on its fifth generation buy of either the F-35 JSF or the F-22 Raptor the Government announced that they would invest in the F-35. While the F-22 was attractive due to its longer range and greater payload up to seventy F-35 aircraft will be purchased.
Australia plans to now review their defense procurement plans every four years and readjust as necessary. Australia has been a partner in the F-35 development effort but recently had looked at buying the F-22. This would require an act of Congress as current law bans the sale of the modern aircraft. Japan and Israel have also inquired about the availability of the F-22. With the Obama Administration planning on ending procurement of the F-22 foriegn sales are now attractive to Congress as a way to keep production going.
Australia’s First F/A-18 Delivered
Filed under: Australia, Boeing, Business Line, Companies, Congress, Contract Awards, Countries, Department of Defense, Events, Federal Budget Process, Military Aviation, Missouri, Services, U.S. Navy, production program
Boeing delivered the first F/A-18 Super Hornet for Australia on July 8. This is the first of twenty-four. The aircraft will provide a stop gap until either the F-35 JSF or the F-22 aircraft Australia has expressed interest in buying. The total value of the contract to Boeing is about $3 billion.
The F-18 for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps is facing the end of production as the Obama Administration has proposed accelerating deliveries of the F-35 for those services as well as the U.S. Air Force. This is tied in to the ending of F-22 production. Congress has not received these proposals well and have included continued F-22 deliveries in the appropriation and authorization bills working their way through both Houses. The House has also looked at increasing planned F-18 deliveries as well as exploring the award of another multi-year production contract. Multi-year contracts have to be specifically authorized and have been used for large aircraft contracts in a bid to keep overall costs down. If there is a consistent buy profile over several years it makes it easier for the contractors to manage supplies and material ideally reducing costs.
Australia Buys Support for Jet Engines from GE
Filed under: Australia, Business Line, Contract Awards, Florida, GE, Massachusetts, Military Aviation, logistics, production program
The Jacksonville Business Journal writes that Australia has awarded a contract worth over $300 million to provide parts, maintenance and overhaul of the engines for their F/A-18 fleet to General Electric. GE has several other of this type of contract with the U.S. armed forces that utilize their engines in a variety of platforms. Even though the contract is with a foreign country the parts will be shipped to the U.S. for work in Jacksonville, FL and Lynn, MA.
Army continues investment in Excalibur
Filed under: Australia, Contract Awards, Raytheon, U.S. Army, production program
The Excalibur is a 155 mm artillery round fired by the standard Army gun systems, both towed and self-propelled. When the program started in the Eighties the plan was to use laser guidance for terminal homing. Excalibur now uses GPS guidance, like the Joint Directed Air Munition (JDAM) used so successfully over the last seven years in Iraq and Afghanistan. The round also has extended range over older, more conventional ammunition. Raytheon was awarded a production contract for the US and Australia. The value is about $85 M.
The press release is at the Phoenix Business Journal.
Lockheed Martin expands in Australia
Filed under: Acquisitions, Australia, IT, RLM Holdings, Tenix Group, logistics
Lockheed Martin has moved to buy a joint venture it had set up in Australia today. See a press release here. RLM Holdings was a company established by Lockheed Martin and the Tenix Group to manage the Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN) and provide other defense services. The JORN is a large array over-the-horizon surveillance system that can detect surface and aerial targets at very long range. RLM also manages other defense radar systems as well as providing services to the Australian defense forces. This acquisition will have to be approved by the Australian Government.
Australia buys recruiting help
Filed under: Australia, Contract Awards, logistics, training
Australia has awarded a contract to Chandler Macleod for support of recruiting efforts. See an article here. While overall recruiting for the Australian Armed Forces is going well they are having a hard time attracting the highly sought after technical recruits they need. This 5 year, $400 Australian, contract will help in that effort. Interestingly since the Australians have been fighting since 2001 they have actuall
Looks like Australia will go with the JSF
Filed under: Australia, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, McDonnell Douglas, Military Aviation, development program
Australia had being going back and forth on wanting the F-22 instead of the JSF. China, I am sure, has a lot to do with this. According to this story, the decision has been made to go with the F-35. America has a law preventing the export of the F-22, but Australia had asked for it anyway. There was some desire from the USAF to sell it, as every FMS sale lowers the price and the Air Force would like some more. The only way that is going to happen is to get it cheaper. So it will have to be seen if any sales overseas are made. Certainly Australia and the UK would be the prime customers for the F-22.
Northrop Grumman wins BAMS SD&D contract
Filed under: Australia, Boeing, Contract Awards, Lockheed Martin, Military Aviation, Northrop Grumman Corp., U.S. Navy, development program
As reported yesterday the BAMS DAB was held. The Navy awarded the contract to Northrop Grumman for a version of the Global Hawk long range, large UAV. See a story here. Boeing and Lockheed Martin were the losing bidders. On top of the KC-45 contract this can be seen as a blow to Boeing by Northrop Grumman. Read more
Australian government cancels the SH-2 contract
Filed under: Australia, Kaman Corp, Military Aviation, Restructuring, production program
In 1997 Australia decided to buy 11 upgraded SH-2 aircraft from Kaman to outfit their Navy. Unfortunately the work required to integrate the helicopters with the newer generation of equipment that the Navy possessed was harder and more complicated then originally thought. Imagine that? Anyway ten years and millions of dollars later the program is still not complete. According to this article the new liberal government has decided to axe the contract. There will obviously be some termination costs involved, and now they are back to square one on the aircraft. Perhaps they will look at the US Navy’s MH-60?
Australian government now attacks F/A-18 buy
Filed under: Australia, Contract Awards, Lockheed Martin, Military Aviation, Restructuring, production program
The Australian Defence Minister, Mr. Fitzgibbon, now has decided that the plan to buy F/A-18 and then JSF for the nation is a bad idea. Just a few days ago, here, he was applauding the F/A-18. He now states that the US aircraft were not necessarily the way to go to buy modern fighter aircraft. The options, though, were limited. Australia could have bought Russian, or the Eurofighter, or SAAB Viggens, I guess? But I don’t know if the cost would have been comparable. He continues to say that the country really wants F-22 aircraft, which is currently not allowable under US law, even though the US DoD have expressed some support for the idea.
Australia awards IT contract to Unisys
Earlier, here, we had written about some concern in Australia about awarding Unisys a IT contract based on some issues they had with American contracts. According to AustralianIT they went ahead and awarded the contract worth $240 M (Australian) to the company.
US law prevents Australia from acquiring F-22
Filed under: Australia, Department of Defense, FMS, Federal Budget Process, Lockheed Martin, Military Aviation, U.S. Air Force, production program
Australia has expressed an interest in procuring F-22 Raptor aircraft. Currently they are planning on buying JSF ultimately. Currently US law prevents the export of the F-22. In this article from News.com.au, the US Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, expresses the sentiment that Australia would be good stewards of the F-22 if they received them. Obviously the law is to prevent the transfer of what is considered the best technology that the US has, but there are certain allies in the past that have been able to share it. As previously discussed technical transfer laws have become very restrictive and have affected US programs.
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