Developing a Sovereign Guided Weapons Capability
Tuesday 25 October 2022 from 1pm to 2pm
Speaker: Brigadier Haydn Kohl, Director General, Explosive Materiel Branch, Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group
Subject: Developing a Sovereign Guided Weapons Capability
Location: Anzac Memorial Auditorium, Hyde Park South, Sydney
Tuesday 25 October 2022 Start Time: 1pm
On 31 March 2021, the previous Government announced the accelerated establishment of a Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) Enterprise to enhance Australia’s self-reliance and supply chain resilience.
Defence is currently working to three overlapping time horizons to deliver the GWEO Enterprise:
Short Term "Accelerate" Phase (0-5 years): design and implementation activities, including accelerating overseas procurement where possible, and rapidly mobilising the industrial base to increase Australia’s ability to maintain and manufacture guided weapons and their components.
Medium Term "Grow" Phase (0-10 years): accelerating co-development of future weapons systems and components.
Long Term "Sustain" Phase (10-15 years): Australia will have achieved increased sovereign design, development, manufacture and support of selected weapons