{"id":33394,"date":"2025-06-27T08:30:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T22:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=33394"},"modified":"2025-06-27T08:30:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T22:30:43","slug":"albanese-government-supporting-pacific-partners-through-investment-in-regional-maritime-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/06\/27\/albanese-government-supporting-pacific-partners-through-investment-in-regional-maritime-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Albanese Government supporting Pacific partners through investment in regional maritime security"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Albanese Government is delivering on its commitment to double funding for the aerial surveillance component of the Pacific Maritime Security Program (PMSP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PMSP aerial surveillance program&nbsp;supports maritime security for our Pacific partners&nbsp;through the provision of&nbsp;fixed-wing aerial surveillance capabilities and uncrewed aerial vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defence has recently closed a Request for Tender process to procure the Enhanced Aerial Surveillance Program\u2019s civilian-based fixed-wing aerial surveillance contracted services.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Government will now consider all tender submissions and provide an outcome to industry on completion of the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PMSP is Australia\u2019s&nbsp;30-year&nbsp;commitment to&nbsp;investing&nbsp;in maritime security partnerships throughout the Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about the PMSP, visit:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defence.gov.au\/defence-activities\/programs-initiatives\/pacific-engagement\/maritime-capability\">&nbsp;https:\/\/www.defence.gov.au\/defence-activities\/programs-initiatives\/pacific-engagement\/maritime-capability<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Minister for Defence Industry and Minister for Pacific Island Affairs, Pat Conroy:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAustralia is proud to be a security partner of choice for Pacific countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is another step forward in increasing regional&nbsp;security&nbsp;and&nbsp;enhancing coordination and communication&nbsp;in conjunction with&nbsp;our Pacific partners.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Albanese Government is delivering on its commitment to double funding for the aerial surveillance component of the Pacific Maritime Security Program (PMSP). The PMSP aerial surveillance program&nbsp;supports maritime security for our Pacific partners&nbsp;through the provision of&nbsp;fixed-wing aerial surveillance capabilities and uncrewed aerial vehicles. Defence has recently closed a Request for Tender process to procure &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/06\/27\/albanese-government-supporting-pacific-partners-through-investment-in-regional-maritime-security\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Albanese Government supporting Pacific partners through investment in regional maritime security&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33394"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33395,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33394\/revisions\/33395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}