NEWLab opening brings Network Centric Warfare closer to reality
21 April 2009
Vice Admiral Matt Tripovich AM CSC RAN, Chief Capability Development Group, formally opened the facility at a ceremony at Garden Island in Sydney.
NEWLab is a unique industry resource providing a suite of experimentation and integration tools to enable Australian industry to partner with the Australian Defence Force (ADF), the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) and other Commonwealth agencies, in order to give the country's soldiers, sailors and airmen the warfighting edge.
Using these tools, Thales will build on its technical mastery in delivering complex networked and information-rich solutions.
NEWLab lowers risk by working through and demonstrating viable solutions prior to contractual commitment. It is not about blue-sky experimentation, but real solutions using existing and new technologies.
Ian Irving, Thales Australia's Land & Joint Systems Vice President, said: "In developing NEWLab, we have made a significant investment in a world class delivery platform that will support the ADF in achieving its Network Centric Warfare ambitions."
"NEWLab complements the Commonwealth's existing facilities, and will play an important systems integration role as technologies become more complex and the volume of work related to Network Centric Warfare increases in the years ahead," he added.
NEWLab will also be central to many future technology transfers, and is currently hosting innovations developed by Thales internationally. These include NGIN, an Internet Protocolbased on-board integrated communication system for naval platforms, and the DI@NE deployable tactical internet for large multinational headquarters as well as smaller vehiclebased command posts, which is also based on IP technology.
Part of Thales's commitment to in-country R&D and solutions delivery, NEWLab will be integrated with the company's other laboratories including OceanLab at Rydalmere, NSW, and the Australian Transformation & Innovation Centre, also at Garden Island in Sydney.
About Thales
Thales is a leading international electronics and systems group, addressing Aerospace and Space, Defence and Security markets worldwide. 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. Thales's leading-edge technology is supported by 22,500 R&D engineers who offer a capability unmatched in Europe to develop and deploy field-proven mission-critical information systems. The Group builds its growth on its unique multidomestic 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 2008 revenues of €12.7 billion (equivalent of AUD22.1 billion).
Thales Australia is a trusted partner of the Australian Defence Force and is also present in commercial sectors ranging from air traffic management to security systems and services. Employing around 3,500 people in over 35 sites across the country, Thales Australia recorded revenues of more than AUD1 billion in 2008.
Press contacts
Libby Noble
Thales Australia
+61 (0)2 9562 3150
+61 (0)434 155 881
libby.noble@thalesgroup.com.au
Aude Colas des Francs
Thales, Land and Joint Systems
Tel: +33 1 46 13 20 86
aude.colasdesfrancs@fr.thalesgroup.com
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