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SME13 DARONMONT TECHNOLOGIES
SME15 COLLINS AEROSPACE AUSTRALIA
Turnover: 42.80 million Employees: 125 Defence; 15 non-Defence
Percentage of Females in Workforce: 15 Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP): No Ownership: International Publicly Owned Details: Unit 8, 12 Mars Road
Lane Cove West NSW 2066
Tel: (02) 9886 8888
Website: www.collinsaerospace.com/who-we-are/about-us/ global/asia/australia
Contacts: Sonny Foster - Managing Director
Nicholas Gibbs - Vice President Programs
CURRENT DEFENCE CONTRACTS
Land 17/2B Next Generation Digital Terminal Control Systems; JTAC and Joint Fires simulator for Australian Defence Force; Strategic Defence interoperability program; Military Underwater Navigation systems for Australian and International Defence Forces; Australian Army and Air Force Persistent Surveillance Systems; F-35 Optical Assembly manufacture for global
JSF fleet; F-35 Simulator projectors LCOS manufacture and repair; Shipboard VHF and UHF communications systems for Australian and New Zealand Navy; Australian Military GPS logistic management; Support service centre and in-country field service engineering of military systems
AREAS OF INTEREST IN DEFENCE
Collins Aerospace in Australia provides a broad spectrum of products and services to the Australian, New Zealand and Asia Pacific region. It specialises in a number of system capabilities including tactical and strategic solutions including:
Military secure digital battle space solutions including dual channel V/UHF man-pack radios, military data links and satellite based systems; Secure military navigation solutions including military underwater navigation; Simulation and training systems including Live, Virtual and Constructive
and air combat systems; Ground targeting systems and sensors and including UAS optronics, solider multi-spectral optics; Battle management and data link gateway solutions
for coalition messaging systems; A wide spectrum of guided weapon technologies such as guidance systems, seeker heads, propulsion components, guidance actuation and power management solutions; Autonomous systems and sub- systems for air,ground, surface and sub-surface platforms;
Key technology supplier to critical components on submarine platforms including environmental control systems; Products and services to support space based platforms including space launch guidance systems, thermal control, actuation systems and military data link satellite systems.
In addition to offering a full range of Collins Aerospace products and services to the Asia Pacific region, Collins Aerospace in Australia specalises in customising solutions to meet the requirements of the Australian Defence Force and industry partners.
ANZ SME: 10
Turnover: 46 million
Employees: 98 Defence
Percentage of Females in Workforce: 18 Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP): No Ownership: Australian Privately Owned Details: Level 1A West, 666 Doncaster Road Doncaster Vic 3108
Tel: (03) 9830 6222
Website: www.daronmont.com.au
Contacts: Ben Norris - CEO
Lee Stanley - BDM
CURRENT DEFENCE CONTRACTS
ABM Enterprise - MROC Support; ABM Communications; REALMS Distributed Training; JP2025/6 - Transponders
and Sounders; External Agency Interfaces; Sea 1180 - Communications ESM; Land 19/7B - Fire Distribution Centre;
Air 5431/1 - Deployable ATC; JP3024 - Woomera Support; DIH
- various Passive Radar development projects; DSTG - various project collaborations in Sensors and Effectors and Land Divisions; ABF - Sensor support; AFP - Deployable laboratory support
AREAS OF INTEREST IN DEFENCE
Air 6500; Sea 129/5; JP2060 - Various deployable sub-systems; Future Distributed Training Centre; JORN Support; JORN Enhanced Technologies; Modernisation Maritime EW; Various Passive Radar opportunities; Various Deployable Systems opportunities - C2, SCIF, Planning, Medical, Laboratory
SME14
Turnover: 45 million
Employees: 155 Defence; 30 non-Defence Percentage of Females in Workforce: 30 Ownership: Australian Privately Owned
Details: 1 Bubuk Street
Yerriyong NSW 2540
Tel: (02) 4423 6755
Website: www.airaffairs.com.au
Contacts: Chris Sievers - Chief Executive Officer
CURRENT DEFENCE CONTRACTS
JATTS (Joint Adversarial Training and Testing Services) Contract; Aerial Target Services; Target drone services; Aerospace Training Services - Defence Aeroskills Training; Common Services Support - Nowra Air Station; Through Life Support Programs; DSTG Test Flying; Advanced Manufacturing
AREAS OF INTEREST IN DEFENCE
JATTS (Joint Adversarial Training and Testing Services) Contract; Aerial Target Services; Target drone services; Common Services Support - Nowra Air Station; Defence Training; Thru Life Support Programs; DSTG Test Flying; Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering
AIR AFFAIRS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
ANZ SME: 11