All Articles in Australian Sovereign Small Arms Capability

THE REGIONAL NEW South Wales town of Lithgow will be the location for manufacture of Australia’s first locally designed and developed AR weapon following the signing of an agreement between Thales Australia and Melbourne’s Wedgetail Industries this month. ...

In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, Matthew Duquemin, director, integrated weapons and sensors at Thales, and Alexander Knott, director of Wedgetail Industries, discuss the development of Australia’s sovereign small arms design and manufacturing capability. ...

Thales Australia's Latia Hardie is a Manufacturing Technician - Machine Setter at the Lithgow Arms site and is the face of a TAFE NSW campaign to promote the career prospects available to women in the engineering trades and manufacturing industry. ...

Thales Australia employees Josh Winter and Angus Carrigan both began their apprenticeships at our Lithgow site in January 2019 and have fully immersed themselves in the business - even completing a five-week basic Army Reserve training at Kapooka to gain a true apprecia...

Thales Australia’s Lithgow Arms business welcomes the announcement by the NSW Government of a $1.12 million grant from the NSW Regional Job Creation Fund Round 2 to help grow its advanced manufacturing capability in regional New South Wales. ...

On Wednesday 8 June, 2022, our Lithgow Arms site celebrated its 110-year anniversary. We look back on the story of Lithgow Arms, delight in some little-known facts and chat to General Manager Bruce Hutton and Business Improvement Manager David Forbes about their favouri...

Wednesday, 8 June, Lithgow, NSW - Thales Australia’s Lithgow Arms business in regional New South Wales has thrown open its doors - establishing a Small Arms Collaboration and Cooperation Centre (C3) to support and help grow the capabilities of its Australian SME and ind...

Lithgow NSW, 31 Jan 2022 – Australia’s preeminent sporting rifle manufacturer, Lithgow Arms, has partnered with Fuller Global and Outdoor Sporting Agencies (OSA) to grow Lithgow Arms’ export markets, and strengthen Australia’s commercial firearms manufacturing capabilit...

Rapid progress is being made by Thales Australia in the local manufacture of key components for the Rheinmetall MK 30-2/ABM 30mm cannon. Following on from the announcement of a contract with Rheinmetall Defence Australia (RDA) on 28 September, the company’s Lithgow Arms...

Thales Australia will invest $6.5 million in the first phase of an industrial plan to transform its Lithgow Arms facility in regional New South Wales. Phase 1 of the plan will establish a modern manufacturing and integration hub for the design, development and precision...