WA Indo-Pacific Defence Conference to be held at Optus Stadium from October 19-20
Prominent international defence speakers confirmed, more than 500 expected to attend
Annual conference was postponed last year due to COVID-19
The Western Australian Indo-Pacific Defence Conference returns this year, with three prominent international speakers already confirmed.
United States’ Indo-Pacific Co-ordinator Dr Kurt Campbell will deliver a keynote speech along with former US Ambassador to South Korea and Commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command Admiral Harry Harris. BAE Systems Australia CEO Gabby Costigan will also give a speech.
The Japanese Minister for Defense Nobuo Kishi and President of Boeing Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific Dr Brendan Nelson will also address the conference.
BAE Systems Backs Local Tech Company with Global Defence Capability
World leading 3D volumetric display technology developed by South Australian company Voxon Photonics has won new work with BAE Systems’ UK based submarine business and the Australian based Hunter Class Frigate program.
The company will provide the Hunter Class Frigate program and the UK Submarines business with its bespoke displays to provide 3D visualisation for respective research and technology programs to test situational awareness, systems integration and specialist engineering design applications.
Voxon is the global leader in the manufacture of 3D volumetric display technology and leading provider of volumetric software and content. In late 2020 Voxon, together with BAE Systems, Flinders University and the University of South Australia, was awarded a Defence Innovation Partnership grant to support the advancement of the technology to en
Australian Air Force’s Fifth Generation F-35’s Ready to Fly
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the fleet of aircraft was now 33 strong.
“This is about protecting and securing Australia’s interests but it’s also creating jobs and driving investment right here in the Hunter and across the country too,” Morrison said on Monday.
The depot was selected to be the maintenance, repair, overhaul, and upgrade depot for the Southeast Asian region and will host aircraft from other nations in the future.
It will also provide more than 50 Australian companies with a share in $2.7 billion worth of contracts.
Morrison said that the depot’s development demonstrated Australia’s world-leading capability for its defence industry.
Australia Announces Start of Prototyping on Hunter Frigate Program Our Bureau 1493
Australia announced the official start of the prototyping phase of the Hunter Class Frigate Program today.
The prime contractor for the program, BAE Systems Maritime Australia, a subsidiary of BAE Systems Australia, will build five prototype blocks to test the production systems, develop the facilities and ensure the workforce is trained to build the Hunter class frigates.
At the Osborne shipyard in South Australia, Minister for Finance, Senator Simon Birmingham, SA Premier Steven Marshall and BAE Systems Australia Chief Executive Gabby Costigan were joined by BAE Systems Maritime Australia employees as Australian steel was cut to officially launch the Hunter program’s prototyping phase.
BAE Systems starts prototyping on the Hunter class frigate program December 18, 2020, by Jasmina Ovcina
BAE Systems Maritime Australia cut steel this morning to officially launch the Hunter program’s prototyping phase, Australia’s biggest surface shipbuilding project. During prototyping, five representative ship blocks will be manufactured and assembled using Australian steel. The systems, processes, facilities and workforce competencies will be established and tested, providing a solid operational foundation before construction starts on the first Hunter class frigate in 2022.
It takes less than a minute to cut a 6.72kg piece of steel into a carling, which is used to reinforce decks or bulkheads on a warship where equipment is mounted. The first prototype block for the Hunter Class Frigate Program requires 580 carlings and we cut the first one today! pic.twitter.com/7B4zvqCoit BAE Systems Australia (@BAESystemsAus) December