THE HON. GREG COMBET AM MP
Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science
10 November 2009
096/2009
DEFENCE AWARDS NEW AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
OPERATIONAL MAINTENANCE CONTRACT
Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, today
announced that BAE Systems has been selected to provide a range of Air
Traffic Control operational maintenance services to the Australian Defence
Force (ADF).
“Under the contract, BAE Systems will conduct operational maintenance for
Air Traffic Control equipment and simulators at two ADF airfields - Oakey
(Queensland) and East Sale (Victoria),” said Mr Combet.
“This new contract rationalises operational maintenance services for the Air
Traffic Control equipment into a single and flexible performance based
arrangement.
“This new contract model and arrangement will help simplify support
arrangements and deliver efficiencies.”
The contract is a five-year performance based contract valued initially at AUD
$6.4 million.
The new contract was signed at the Ground Telecommunications Equipment
Systems Program Office at RAAF Williamtown and comes into effect in
January 2010.
Media contacts:
Rod Hilton (Greg Combet):
02 6277 7620 or 0458 276 619
Defence Media Liaison:
02 6127 1999 or 0408 498 664
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