Defence plans on investing tens of billions of dollars in guided weapons and other Australian missile technologies over the next two decades. Foreign based supply chain issues and increasingly unstable geopolitical factors, have lead to a requirement for Australia to rapidly expand its domestic missile manufacturing capabilities.
The Australian missile industry will need:
- Missile assembly, test and verification
- Flexible & adaptive manufacturing systems (e.g Industry 4.0)
- Seeker component production (e.g. RADAR & Imaging Infra-Red)
- Guidance & Control component production
- Rocket motor production
- Warhead production
- Fuse production (precision electro-mechanical)
- Energetic materials production (primary/secondary explosives)
- Metal parts fabrication (high strength / high tolerance)
- Composite parts fabrication (high strength / high tolerance)
- Research and development (Industry / Defence / Academia)
- Hypersonic R&D
- Testing ranges for LAT and FAT (including maritime ranges)
- Storage/transport/logistics/infrastructure
- Aerospace / defence grade materiel supply
- Computer simulation modelling for weapon danger areas
- Support equipment & container manufacture
- Electronics manufacture (robust, mil spec)
- Safety Critical software development
- Complex Supply Chain Management
- AS9100 Quality Management Systems
- Robust & Adaptive Control design
- Non-Destructive Testing
- Environmental Testing
- Technology education and skills training