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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. ...

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...

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). ...

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...

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. ...

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.

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 te...

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. ...

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 h...

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 mari...