Lockheed Martin Australia and QinetiQ Australia have signed a teaming settlement to ship complete Check and Analysis, Verification and Validation, certification and assurance companies in help of the Royal Australian Air Drive’s AIR6500 Part 1 Undertaking (AIR6500-1): Aggressive Analysis Course of Stage 2. Lockheed Martin Australia will work in partnership with QinetiQ Australia to design a check and analysis and governance framework that helps threat discount within the transition into the AIR6500-1 acquisition. AIR6500-1 will present the Australian Defence Drive with a Joint Air Battle Administration System that can type the structure on the core of the Built-in Air and Missile Defence functionality. Lockheed Martin Australia’s partnership with QinetiQ Australia demonstrates dedication to working with the perfect of Australian business.
Steve Froelich, Lockheed Martin Australia AIR6500 Program Government mentioned, “Lockheed Martin Australia is delighted to workforce with QinetiQ Australia. The teaming settlement marks an essential concentrate on designing a extremely sturdy, independently validated, agile AIR6500-1 program resolution that helps the Royal Australian Air Drive’s imaginative and prescient to rework the Air Drive right into a next-gen-enabled power. Lockheed Martin Australia’s confirmed experience in constructing, integrating and sustaining superior know-how programs throughout advanced joint all-domain platforms mixed with QinetiQ Australia’s unrivalled experience in built-in air and missile defence check, analysis, certification and programs assurance, means we’re the trusted associate of option to ship an unmatched built-in air battle administration functionality edge to Australia.”
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QinetiQ Australia’s Managing Director, Greg Barsby, mentioned the teaming settlement with Lockheed Martin Australia on the following section of the AIR6500-1 is an thrilling alternative. Our extremely skilled native workforce of T&E professionals have been in a position to leverage QinetiQ’s international experience in advanced Check and Analysis, to ship world-leading options whereas rising sovereign T&E capabilities in Australia. We sit up for collaborating on an revolutionary Check and Analysis resolution that leverages the digital age we at the moment are immersed in.Lockheed Martin Australia has a distinguished historical past of delivering to the Australian Defence buyer and collaborating with Defence Trade. I’m delighted QinetiQ is teamed with Lockheed Martin because the sovereign Check and Analysis service supplier and sit up for delivering a state-of-the-art resolution to the AIR6500 program.”
The Australian Division of Protection (DoD) has chosen Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman for the AIR6500 Part I venture. The 2 firms will take part within the Royal Australian Air Drive’s (RAAF) ‘AIR6500 Part I Undertaking (AIR6500-1): Aggressive Analysis Course of Stage 2 (CEPS2)’. AIR6500-1 will present the Australian Defence Drive (ADF) with a Joint Air Battle Administration System (JBAMS). This method will type the structure on the core of the ADF’s future Built-in Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) functionality. It’s anticipated to supply increased situational consciousness and defence in opposition to fashionable air and missile threats. JBAMS can even join belongings throughout air, land, sea, cyber and house for improved defence in opposition to major threats to nationwide safety. Australia will announce the profitable strategic associate for the JBAMS in late 2023.
