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ADM’s Defence Industry Guide 2023 | Edition 57 | www.defencesuppliers.com.au
AEROPM FINALISES SA EXPANSION WITH NEW OFFICE
AEROPM have secured new facilities within Lot Fourteen in Adelaide and have commenced a long-term agree- ment with Renewal SA.
AeroPM is an Australian profession- al services consultancy firm specialis- ing in supporting the Department of Defence to acquire complex and sig- nificant capabilities.
Within South Australia, the AeroPM team lead the test and evaluation cam- paigns for key programs within the Air Warfare Centre, work on technology solutions for warfighting network ap- plications and provide systems engi- neering, project management and in- tegrated logistics support for counter
LEFT: Lot Fourteen in Adelaide.
improvised explosive device capabilities.
Lot Fourteen sup- ports companies, start- ups and organisations from the defence, space, hi-tech and cre- ative industries: Google Cloud, Amazon Web
Services, Microsoft Azure and now AeroPM are co-located alongside the Australian Space Agency, MIT bigdata Living Lab, the University of Adelaide’s Australian Institute for Machine Learning, Stone & Chalk, the Austra- lian Cyber Collaboration Centre, Com- monwealth Bank Technology Hub and the US MITRE Centre for Information Integrity & Defence.
On 28 June, AeroPM formally opened their new facility with a func- tion within Stone and Chalk. This new facility – available to accommodate their growing workforce in Adelaide – will complement AeroPM’s national headquarters in Canberra.
“We’ve been delighted with what we’ve come to learn during our first few days at Lot Fourteen,” AeroPM’s CEO Emily Frizell said. “It is a genu- inely collegiate environment and the accesstolike-mindedprofessionalsand companies is just good for business.
“Our Adelaide team has grown strongly over the last three years and the maturation of the company into a second facility reflects our expecta- tions that this growth will continue as the demand for premium consultancy support within the Defence environ- ment will remain high. Further, our team really relish the opportunity to base themselves out of the east end of the city.”
“It is particularly useful to be able to host interstate visitors in the city as opposed to Mawson Lakes or Edin- burgh and the conference facilities to bring great and productive minds to- gether cannot be overstated,” the com- pany’s Head of Capture and Delivery and Adelaide Lead, Pete Nugent, said.
“Our expectation is that continued growth should place us well to tran- sition into the Entrepreneur and In- novation Centre when this facility is completed in 2025”.
BGIS WINS SEG BASE SERVICES AWARD
BGIS has been awarded the Department of Defence’s 2021 Base Services Contractor of the Year, for the third consecutive year.
The annual award is designed to recognise the con- tractor that has the highest commitment to customer service and support, has a demonstrated commitment to improved value for money and service delivery, is col- laborative and demonstrates a customer-centric focus.
“The team strives to go above and beyond every day to surpass the expectations of the client and deliver in- dustry best practice,” Brad Robbins, Managing Direc- tor, Operations, Defence, and Innovation Global Co- Chair, said. “I am proud to work with Tom Haszard, Account Director – Defence and the entire Defence account team who deserve this fantastic recognition.”
Since 2014, BGIS has provided a range of integrated facilities management, trade and operational support services at 150 Defence sites across New South Wales, with a focus on indigenous engagement.
ABOVE: BGIS were recipients of the Security and Estate Group (SEG) Base Services Contractor of the Year Award for 2021.
BGIS
AEROPM