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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