BAE Systems Australia

A STEM Returners program will offer 10 internships with BAE Systems Australia this year, following a successful trial in 2021. 

BAE Systems Australia has launched a national STEM outreach program to inspire Year 4-6 students, allowing them access to leading edge technologies to solve real world challenges.

Businesses around Australia will manufacture, assemble and supply thousands of valves for the first batch of three Hunter class frigates, building Australian industry capability that will support continuous naval shipbuilding for future defence projects.

BAE Systems Australia has welcomed the announcement of a new F-35 Air Vehicle Support Services (AVSS) contract to establish sovereign maintenance and supply chain support for the Australian fleet at RAAF Bases Williamtown in NSW and Tindal in the NT. 

Manufacturers’ Monthly speaks with 2020 Women in Industry award winner, mechanical engineer Jackie Gray-Lewis from BAE Systems Australia, about creating opportunities and support for women. 

BAE Systems Australia has announced in a press release that it will increase its investment in Australia to support the rapid development of a sovereign high-speed weapons capability. The company will also draw on the wide-ranging capabilities and expertise across Australian industry and academia to build an Australian high speed weapons eco-system with the aim … Continue reading BAE Systems Australia invests in hypersonic weapons capabilities →

BAE Systems Australia announced a $100,000 partnership with The Smith Family to support schools to participate in the Young ICT Explorers program, Australia’s biggest student invention competition. Young ICT Explorers is a STEM-focused competition for students in years 3 – 12. The competition aims to inspire students to consider a future STEM career. The competition … Continue reading BAE Systems partners with The Smith Family to build youth STEM capability →

Victorian Defence exporter APV has been awarded a three-year US$500,000 ($770,000) contract to supply passenger restraints for military vehicles. APV military seatbelts will be used in several next generation amphibious and land military platforms built by BAE Systems in the USA. These include the Amphibious Combat Vehicle program for the US Marines and Armoured Multi-Purpose … Continue reading APV Safety Products and BAE Systems awarded US military contract →

A total of $2.9 million in funding will help Bae Systems Australia’s shipbuilding business, ASC Shipbuilding, develop and pilot Industry 4.0 manufacturing technologies to build the Hunter class frigates for the Royal Australian Navy at the Osborne shipyard in South Australia. The Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC) will contribute $1.45 million in grant funding … Continue reading $2.9m to drive digital manufacturing in Hunter Class frigates →

BAE Systems Australia has celebrated the production of the 15,000th titanium part produced at Edinburgh Parks in South Australia for one of its largest defence programs, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The parts produced in Australia include more than 500 tail sets, which with the aft fuselage and horizontal tail sets, make up the rear … Continue reading Joint Strike Fighter advances manufacturing growth in SA →

BAE Systems Australia and the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC) will bring Industry 4.0 to reality through participation in the Joint Strike Fighter defence program. The $750,000 project will develop a new approach to supply chain digitisation that avoids having to use expensive, proprietary software which is currently one of the major barriers to Australian … Continue reading Supply chain digitisation to be tested on Joint Strike Fighter →

Rheinmetall and BAE Systems have signed an agreement to create a joint UK based military vehicle design, manufacturing and support business. The new joint venture will be headquartered at BAE Systems’ facility in Telford, England and will sustain more than 400 jobs in the UK, as well as preserve key technology and engineering skills. Rheinmetall … Continue reading Rheinmetall and BAE Systems enter joint venture with military →

BAE Systems Australia’s new subsidiary ASC Shipbuilding has been awarded a contract by the Australian government that provides the framework for the design and build of nine Hunter Class frigates for the Royal Australian Navy. The Australian government and ASC Shipbuilding signed the contract after ASC Shipbuilding structurally separated from ASC Pty Ltd and was … Continue reading Frigates contract awarded to ASC Shipbuilding under BAE Systems Australia →

BAE Systems Australia has announced Lockheed Martin Australia and Saab Australia as its partners to deliver combat system integration for Australia’s $35 billion Hunter Class frigate program. The Hunter class combat system enables the warships to detect and identify aircraft, submarines and ships at great distance to offer the frigate’s command team maximum situational awareness … Continue reading Lockheed Martin, Saab to provide combat systems for Hunter class →

BAE Systems has announced that it has submitted a bid to the Australian Government to provide ongoing sustainment and support for the Canberra class Landing Helicopter Dock ships (LHD), LHD Landing Craft (LLC) and associated shore support facilities. BAE Systems has partnered with Atlantic & Peninsula Australia, Saab Australia and Navantia Australia to offer an … Continue reading BAE Systems teams with A&P, Saab and Navantia for LHD sustainment and support bid →

Victorian-based company Marand Precision Engineering has delivered its 50th Vertical Tail in support of the global F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program. The Minister for Defence Industry, Christopher Pyne, said Marand’s achievement, with the support of BAE Systems PLC, also proved the importance of international collaboration. “Through its partnership with BAE Systems PLC, and with … Continue reading Marand, BAE Systems reach new milestones in F-35 JSF program →

A $1.2 billion contract extension to sustain eight Anzac Frigates for a further five years has secured the futures of almost 1,700 workers in Australia. An agreement with BAE Systems Australia, Saab Australia, and Naval Ship Management Australia (a joint venture between Babcock and UGL) covers sustainment of ANZAC class ships and their shore support … Continue reading ‘Landmark’ $1.2bn Anzac Frigate extension secures 1,700 Australian jobs →

New multi-million dollar investments made by the Defence Innovation Hub will sustain 23 jobs across the Australian defence industry and innovation sector, it has been announced. Five innovation contracts worth $5.3 million include $2.3 million for a BAE Systems Australia project to explore the potential use of laser technology to detect low intensity signals. BAE Systems … Continue reading Australian jobs boost in $5.3m defence innovation windfall →

Australian defence contractor David Brown Santasalo has thrown its weight behind BAE Systems’ bid for the SEA 5000 Future Frigate Program. As a longstanding defence industry gearing supplier, and manufacturer of main propulsion gearboxes for the Global Combat Ship, David Brown Santasalo is a leader in mechanical power transmissions for assurance critical applications in the mining, power … Continue reading Backing for BAE’s Future Frigate bid →

BAE Systems has signed an agreement to create an Australian Power and Propulsion Team (P&P Team) to support future Australian Naval programs and the development of a continuous naval shipbuilding capability. The P&P Team, which includes David Brown Santasalo, L3, Naval Group, MTU/ Penske and Rolls Royce, each an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of Power … Continue reading Global power and propulsion manufacturers to deliver Australian industry tech →