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DEFENCE
50 TOP 40 CONTEXT
DECEMBER 2019 – JANUARY 2020 | WWW.AUSTRALIANDEFENCE.COM.AU
LEFT: Air programs have moved ahed in 2019. See P96 for more.
maintain this position as milestones for the biggest pro- gram in the country progress.
Work on the updated Force Structure Review will be completed in early 2020 and hopefully, fingers crossed, this will lead to a publicly updated Integrated Investment Program (IIP). The IIP is updated within the department every six months but this is not made available to the ninth Fundamental Input to Capability; Industry. Hard to plan your capital and workforce
TABLE 7 – WORKFORCE
RANK COMPANY
1 BAE Systems Australia
2 Lendlease Building
3 Thales Australia
4 Boeing Defence Australia
5 ASC
6 Rheinmetall Defence Australia
7 Downer/Spotless
8 Broadspectrum
9 Airbus Australia Pacific
investments when you have only vague guidance of what’s in the pipeline.
“THERE IS A NATURAL
TENSION THAT EXISTS BETWEEN PRIMES, SMES, CASG/PROCUREMENT BODIES, THE END USERS AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY.”
2019 DEFENCE WORKFORCE
4,300 172 2,816 2,349 1,344 360 2,028 5,656 1,240 1,050
16 Serco Australia
17 Nova Systems 404
19 Saab Australia 500
20 St Hilliers Property 64
21 CPB Contractors 60
22 Australian Defence Apparel 171
23 CEA Technologies 431
24 Austal Limited 330
26 QinetiQ Australia
27 Hawker Pacific
30 Aurecon Australasia 750
31 Marand 200
32 Navantia Australia 104
33 AECOM Australia 700
34 NIOA 40
35 Safran 125
36 Quickstep Holdings 245
On the surface, Industry
is doing well. However, as
mentioned previously, there
are rumblings not far below
the surface. The natural
tension that exists between
primes, SMEs, CASG/pro-
curement bodies, the end
users and the government
of the day is a never-ending point of friction. Clear and timely communication around expectations, timelines and budgets goes a long ward towards easing those fric- tion points.
10 Lockheed Martin Australia
11 Babcock Australasia 560
12 L3Harris Technologies Inc 392
13 Northrop Grumman Australia 560
14 Leidos Australia 830
15 Electro Optic Systems 171
ADM will be doing online follow up coverage with more insights from the Top 40 data, both from this year and lon- gitudinally now with over 20 years of data to draw on. Keep an eye on the website for more details.
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1,886
460 177
37 CAE Australia
38 Leonardo Australia
39 TAE Aerospace 194
39 VARLEY 162
192 95