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40 TOP 40 DEFENCE CONTRACTORS 2020
DECEMBER 2020 – JANUARY 2021 | WWW.AUSTRALIANDEFENCE.COM.AU
“MORE THAN A FEW OF THE DEBUT COMPANIES ARE FROM THE CONSTRUCTION/INFRASTRUCTURE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.”
requirements of our clients and to enable continued growth,” Nelson said.
The cut off this year for the Top 40 was $66.31 million with AECOM at number 40, marginally up from the cut-off point the previous year.
ALL ROUND PERFORMANCE
It seems that there was no one particular subcategory in Defence industry that stood out this year; cyber, infra- structure, platforms, ICT, weapons, support, sustainment all performed well.
“2020 has been a very challenging year from the start but our strong relationships with our customers has enabled us to continue supporting critical services and projects,” Paul Chase Chief Executive Leidos Australia (No. 12 this year up from 14 last year) said to ADM. “Our teams have de- livered a large data centre project, IOC on a major C4ISR program ahead of schedule and reached key milestones on other projects. We are also grateful for the great work un- dertaken by our many industry partners and for the proac- tive COVID response support given by Defence.”
Many companies took the chance in 2020 to focus on what their core business is and look at new ways of deliver- ing that did not need constant flights around the world or country and could rely on virtual means to communication and collaborate.
“Our continued growth is a direct result of our well-ex- ecuted strategy, our continued commitment to deliver on all we that we do for our clients, and the creativity, hard work, professionalism and dedication of our talented work- force and supplier network,” Rob Hawketts, Vice President, Government Solutions, APAC at KBR said to ADM. The company saw a massive 86 per cent jump in their turnover year on year.
There was also a healthy jump in companies reporting increased work in NZ over this period.
“Airbus continues to deliver new helicopters and to sup- port more than 20 different aircraft types across Australia and NZ,” Andrew Mathewson, Managing Director Airbus Australia Pacific (No. 10 this year, down a place) said to ADM. “These in-service aircraft are delivering capabilities for the Defence Forces in both nations as well as a broad range of civil customers.
TABLE 2 TOP 20 SMES
TOP 20 SME 2020 RANK
COMPANY
2020 TURNOVER ($MILLIONS)
2019 TURNOVER ($MILLIONS)
2019 RANK
1 NIOA 121.96 81.83 2
2 Safran 107 80 3
3 St Hilliers Property Pty 99.69 135.42 1 Limited
4 Navantia Australia Pty Ltd 98 88
5 Sitzler Pty Ltd 96.26
6 CAE Australia Pty Ltd 60 72 4
7 RUAG Australia Pty Ltd 52 52 6
8 Air Affairs Australia 51.5 35 13
9 Cubic Defence Australia and 49.56 44.77 7 Cubic Defence New Zealand
10 Daronmont Technologies 46.7 35.1 12 Pty Ltd
11 Atlantic & Peninsula Australia 44.51 Pty Ltd
12 SME Gateway Pty Ltd 39 36 9
13 Rohde & Schwarz (Australia) 35.1 34.4 14
14 Collins Aerospace Australia 32 36 9
14 Norship 32 43 8
16 PMB Defence Pty Ltd 31.67
17 XTEK Ltd 29.97 35.5 11
18 Birdon Pty Ltd 29.4 16.33 18
19 Kinexus 25.69 22.17 17
20 Shamrock Civil Engineering 24.61 30.06 15 Pty Ltd
NEW COMPANIES
NOTABLE ABSENCES
■ Atlantic and Peninsula (Top 20 SMEs No. 11)
■ BGIS (Top 40 No. 17)
■ APGC Group (Top 20 ANZ SMEs No. 14)
■ Axiom Precision Manufacturing (ANZ SME No. 18 ■ Fujitsu Australia (Top 40 No 19)
■ Jet Aviation (formerly Hawker Pacific – Top 40 No. 37)
■ Milspec Services (ANZ SME No 15)
■ PMB Defence (Top 20 SMEs No. 16 and ANZ SME No. 8) ■ Providence Consulting (Top 20 ANZ SMEs No 13)
■ Sitzler (Top 40 No. 36, Top 20 No. 5 and ANZ SMEs No.3) ■ Sydney City Marine (ANZ SMEs No. 16)
■ Raytheon Australia
■ Naval Group Australia ■ Elbit Systems Australia ■ Deloitte
■ EY
■ PwC
■ KPMG
■ Goal Group
■ ManPower Australia ■ SYPAQ
■ IBM
■ Penske
■ Adagold ■ JLL
■ Ultra