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Australian Industry Contracts Awarded for Future Submarine Program

Lockheed Martin Australia awards fourth round of Attack Class Submarine Combat System R&D White Paper Contracts to Australian industry

Naval News Staff 14 Sep 2021

Lockheed Martin Australia press release

ADELAIDE, 15 September, 2021 – Lockheed Martin Australia today announced the award of 12 contracts to Australian industry and academic organisations for a combined value of $900,000. These contracts awarded under the Future Submarine Program contract will deliver White Papers on the development of novel and emerging advanced technologies in support of Australia’s Attack Class Submarine combat system.

This is the fourth cycle of research and development (R&D) contracts, which is funded under the Future Submarine Combat System Integrator Program, bringing the total White Paper funding awarded to date to over A$2.9m across 25 Australian industry and research organisations.

The R&D Program is based on an ongoing 9-month cyclic process funded by the Commonwealth and administered under the Lockheed Martin Australia contract. Each R&D cycle consists of proposals from industry and academia against a set of published R&D topics.

Lockheed Martin Australia’s highly skilled engineers in action in the Future Submarine Program Laboratory, Adelaide, SA. Lockheed Martin photo.

After a competitive review and assessment of proposal responses, selected responses are awarded a contract to develop a White Paper. Upon completion of the White Papers, further contracts may be awarded to selected respondents for Ongoing Capability Research.

Joe North, Chief Executive, Lockheed Martin Australia and New Zealand, congratulated the latest Australian industry contract recipients and said

“Lockheed Martin Australia is working hand-in-hand with Australian industry and advancing high-tech research and development initiatives to support Australia’s sovereign defence capability and build a regionally superior submarine capability for our nation and the Indo-Pacific.”

“We are committed to partnering with industry and Australian universities to further expand Australia’s technology base and grow Australian sustainment capability in support of the Future Submarine Program. Australian industry is at the very heart of that opportunity.”

“Right now, the Attack class submarine combat system is being designed, tested and integrated by Australians, in Australia, for Australia,” Mr. North said.

PACIFIC 2019 Lockheed Martin Showcased Conceptual Attack-class Submarine Control Room 1
Scale model of a conceptual Attack-class submarine control room on display on Lockheed Martin stand at PACIFIC 2019.

A total of 41 responses were received across the eight R&D Cycle 4 topics. Cycle 4 responses showed interest in the Program through participation from seven Australian states and territories and featured growth in participation by universities.

Solicitations for the following topics under Cycle 4 projects were sought and the successful organisations awarded contracts of $75,000 are shown against each topic:

  • Research Supporting the Development of Visual Sensor Prediction Tools
    • Contract awarded to elmTEK located in SA 
  • Asset Maintenance Techniques
    • Contract awarded to Curtin University in WA
  • Communications at Speed and Depth
    • Contract awarded to University of South Australia in SA
  • Visualisation of Bioluminescence Data
    • Two contracts were awarded under this topic to AMC Search located in Tasmania and Molino Zhang and Associates located in Victoria
  • Above Water Laser Communication
    • Contract awarded to RMIT located in Victoria
  • Novel Recovery Approaches of Submarine-launched UUVs and UAVs
    • Two contracts were awarded under this topic to Flinders University located in SA and AMC Search located in Tasmania
  • Intelligent Mission Recording
    • Contract awarded to Acacia Systems located in SA
  • Investigating Effective Anti-Fouling and Anti-Corrosion Treatments to Mitigate Sonar Array Degradation
    • Three contracts were awarded under this topic to Biofouling Solutions located in Tasmania, Flinders University located in SA, and Swinburne University of Technology in Victoria

The combat system R&D Program features an ongoing process to build ongoing Australian combat system R&D capabilities that have been scaled to meet the long-term needs, and to develop future capability and technology for the Australian Submarine Force.

The program includes a defined approach for transition of successful R&D outcomes into the evolving Attack class combat system baseline configurations.

About Lockheed Martin Australia

Headquartered in Canberra, Lockheed Martin Australia is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation. The company employs more than 1,200 people in Australia working on a wide range of major programs spanning the aerospace, defence and civil sectors.

2021-09-14
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