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Thales to expand electronic warfare capability

24 September 2008

The DMO is providing $950,000 of extra funding under Skilling Australia's Defence Industry (SADI) program. This new commitment increases the combined Thales SADI contract value commitment to more than $21 million over a three-year period.

The SADI initiative shares the responsibility for skills growth and development between industry and government, and represents a win-win solution for both the defence of Australia and the Australian defence industry.

Thales is a global leader in electronic warfare, and this SADI initiative will accelerate the establishment of a substantial capability within Thales Australia. A significant part of the skilling program will be delivered through Thales University, the company's in-house learning and development centre of excellence.

Thales Australia's managing director, Chris Jenkins, said: "This is a significant Defence commitment and is a tangible endorsement of Thales's strategy to establish a substantial electronic warfare capability in Australia."

"The agreement will improve Australia's self-reliance in electronic warfare, and provide Defence and industry with a base to better service the Asia-Pacific region.

"We greatly appreciate the DMO's valuable contribution in this crucial area."

About Thales

Thales is a leading international electronics and systems group, addressing defence, aerospace and security markets worldwide. Thales's leading-edge technology is supported by 22,000 R&D engineers who offer a capability unmatched in Europe to develop and deploy field-proven mission-critical information systems. To this end, the group's civil and military businesses develop in parallel and share a common base of technologies to serve a single objective: the security of people, property and nations. The group builds its growth on its unique multi-domestic strategy based on trusted partnerships with national customers and market players, while leveraging its global expertise to support local technology and industrial development. Thales employs 68,000 people in 50 countries with 2007 revenues of AUD19 billion.

Thales Australia is the leading defence systems and engineering company in Australia and is also present in civil sectors ranging from air traffic management to security systems and services. Employing 3,700 people in over 35 sites around the country, Thales Australia recorded revenues in 2007 amounting to over AUD1 billion.