Thales Wins Hmas Newcastle Maintenance Contract

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DEFENCE MEDIA RELEASE



Issued by Ministerial Support and Public Affairs, Department of Defence, Canberra, ACT

Phone: 02 6127 1999, Fax: 02 6265 1545




Friday, 14 October 2010


Thales wins HMAS Newcastle Maintenance Contract 


The Defence Materiel Organisation today announced it has signed a multi-million

dollar contract with Thales Australia for the scheduled repair and maintenance of

HMAS Newcastle.

The contract is worth approximately $8.7M and is anticipated to engage in the order

of 100 Thales personnel with further support from subcontractors.

This is further evidence of Defence’s commitment to ensuring the on-going repair and

maintenance of Navy ships occurs in Australia.

As previously stated,

Defence has budgeted to spend approximately $79M on ship

repair and maintenance in the Sydney region this year and $81M in 2011.

This

contract is part of that planned expenditure.

Last week the Defence Materiel Organisation also announced that $12 to $17 million

worth of work would be undertaken in

HMA Ships Kanimbla and Manoora in the

Sydney region over the coming months.


Media contact: Defence Media Liaison: (02) 6127 1999 or 0408 498 664







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