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Recently, the team at Garden Island Defence Precinct, Sydney welcomed its largest intake of apprentices and trainees to date. The new recruits will support key activities at GIDP – from ship maintenance and repair works to critical sustainment activities for the Royal ...

Thales welcomes today’s announcement by The Hon Pat Conroy MP, Minister for Defence Industry, confirming Thales as the Australian Defence Force’s partner of choice for the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) Maritime Sustainment contract as Regional Maintenance Provider East...

Thales Australia can reveal that work is underway to develop a masterplan for the company’s Carrington site on the Newcastle foreshore to establish a sovereign Maritime Autonomy and SME Collaboration Precinct to support the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) Mine Countermea...

Thales Australia is developing a Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) capability to detect, identify, classify and track potential threats in the maritime environment.

Apprentices and trainees play a vital role in the Thales’ Above Water Systems (AWS) business to ensure we maintain a diverse pipeline of talent and critical skills to stay competitive and fulfil our future customer requirements. ...

Trainees and apprentices play a critical role at Thales, bringing fresh ideas, enthusiasm and a willingness to learn. Over the last 10 years, over 100 apprentices and trainees have qualified in their chosen field across the Above Water Systems business at Thales. Brid...

Chris plays an integral role in ensuring ships and commercial vessels are docked safely and within schedule. We spoke to Chris about his background, his time at Thales and just a few of the things he enjoys about his day job that is anything but ordinary. ...

Julia oversees a range of activities critical to the safe docking of ships and commercial vessels. She works within parameters of millimetres, quite literally, and as you’ll see in this video, loves seeing how it all comes together. ...

In this episode, Grant McHerron talks with Max Kufner, Vice President Above Water Systems at Thales Australia. Max discusses Thales Australia's role in Defence's Future Maritime Sustainment Model (FMSM), part of Plan Galileo for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) which is...

The Captain Cook Graving Dock (CCGD) at Garden Island Sydney, is one of the largest ship repair and maintenance graving docks in the Southern Hemisphere, and is a critical strategic asset of the Australian Defence Force. The dock's two main flooding valves have been in...