/en en /en/countries-asia-pacific/australia/news/boosting-australias-rocket-motor-production-capabilities The recent acquisition of a dozen new families of long-range missiles, coupled with Defence's Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) Enterprise, has underscored the need to bolster Australia's domestic rocket motor production capabilities. 11 Nov 2024 2744703 /sites/default/files/database/assets/images/2024-11/boosting-australias-rocket-motor-production-thumbnail-v4.png /en/countries-asia-pacific/australia/news/thales-australia-welcomes-appointment-gweo-strategic-partner Thales Australia welcomes its appointment as a Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) Strategic Partner under the Government’s 2024 Australian GWEO Plan released today. Thales Australia also commends today’s announcements by the Minister for Defence Industry and Capability Delivery, the Hon Pat Conroy MP, to drive uplift of GWEO industrial capability, particularly: • Thales Australia’s down-selection to deliver Australia’s first government-owned forging capability for 155mm M795 artillery ammunition. • The Government’s commitment to establish an Australian facility to manufacture GMLRS missiles in partnership with Lockheed Martin Australia. 30 Oct 2024 2744677 /sites/default/files/database/assets/images/2024-11/boosting-australias-rocket-motor-production-thumbnail-v4.png /en/countries-asia-pacific/australia/news/combination-hawkei-and-nasams-creates-potent-capability-adf As part of its quest to introduce an advanced short-range ground-based air defence (SRGBAD) capability under Land 19 Phase 7B, the Australian Army is fielding two distinct types of launchers for the National Advanced Surface to-Air Missile System (NASAMS). 11 Sep 2024 2744566 /sites/default/files/database/assets/images/2024-11/boosting-australias-rocket-motor-production-thumbnail-v4.png /en/countries-asia-pacific/australia/press-release/thales-welcomes-government-commitment-long-range Thales Australia strongly welcomes the Albanese Government’s announcement of a $37.4 million contract with Lockheed Martin Australia to see manufacturing of the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) from 2025 in Australia, said CEO Thales Australia Jeff Connolly. 17 Jan 2024 2743625 /sites/default/files/database/assets/images/2024-11/boosting-australias-rocket-motor-production-thumbnail-v4.png /en/countries-asia-pacific/australia/press_release/thales-australia-welcomes-government-investment Thales Australia welcomes the Albanese Government’s announcement to invest $220 million in support of local jobs and munitions production at the Government Owned Company Operated (GOCO) at Mulwala in regional New South Wales, and Benalla in Regional Victoria. 06 Oct 2023 2743261 /sites/default/files/database/assets/images/2024-11/boosting-australias-rocket-motor-production-thumbnail-v4.png /en/countries-asia-pacific/australia/news/victorian-sme-smittys-electrical-supports-thales-providing Indigenous-owned Smitty’s Electrical has been working with Thales for sixteen years, providing safe and secure electrical services for Thales’s Australian Munitions business. 05 Oct 2023 2743258 /sites/default/files/database/assets/images/2024-11/boosting-australias-rocket-motor-production-thumbnail-v4.png /en/countries-asia/australia/news/kongsberg-thales-outline-strikemaster-fire-team-concept The joint collaboration activity between Kongsberg Defence Australia and Thales Australia to provide a solution to the Australian Army’s Land 4100 Phase 2 land-based anti-ship missile system requirement is broadening its scope to develop a complete StrikeMaster fire team. 15 Dec 2022 2741712 /sites/default/files/database/assets/images/2024-11/boosting-australias-rocket-motor-production-thumbnail-v4.png /en/countries-asia/australia/news/thales-australia-supporting-rocket-scientists-future Thales Australia is committed to growing its workforce within the Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Enterprise, and is reaching out to university students who are interested in pursuing a career in science, technology, engineering and maths. 06 Dec 2022 2741661 /sites/default/files/database/assets/images/2024-11/boosting-australias-rocket-motor-production-thumbnail-v4.png /en/countries-asia/australia/references/accelerating-australias-strategic-readiness-30-years-australian In this episode of the Defence Connect Spotlight podcast from the Land Forces 2022 conference, Duncan Watt, general manager of guided weapons and hypersonics at Thales, and Mat Jones, head of future business at BAE Systems Australia, join host Phil Tarrant to discuss how the companies have teamed up to build a sovereign hypersonics and guided weapons capability. 27 Nov 2022 2741480 /sites/default/files/database/assets/images/2024-11/boosting-australias-rocket-motor-production-thumbnail-v4.png /en/countries-asia/australia/references/strikemaster-building-next-generation-land-based-maritime In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast recorded at the Land Forces 2022 Conference, Ben Kelly, director, protected vehicles at Thales Australia, and John Fry, general manager at Kongsberg, discuss their joint efforts to develop next-generation, land-based maritime strike capability for the Australian Defence Force. 27 Nov 2022 2741479 /sites/default/files/database/assets/images/2024-11/boosting-australias-rocket-motor-production-thumbnail-v4.png