The Albanese Government is investing in the supply and refurbishment of combat helmets for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) through Victorian company, Aquaterro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This investment of up to $160 million across seven years will support Australian industry and jobs, and ensure ADF personnel have access to reliable, locally supported and up-to-date protective equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aquaterro has supported the ADF for ten years, supplying over 75,000 ballistic helmets and conducting refurbishment maintenance services on over 30,000 helmets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The contract includes the provision of 100% Designed and Made in Australia camouflage helmet covers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Defence and Aquaterro have also signed a $1.16 million support services contract, increasing technical support for small arms capability used by our soldiers, sailors and aviators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This contract provides Defence with access to Aquaterro and SIG Sauer technical expertise, strengthening Australia\u2019s local defence industrial base while supporting relationships with international suppliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aquaterro employs more than 70 staff at its facility in Pakenham, located in Melbourne\u2019s south-eastern suburbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minister for Defence Industry, Pat Conroy:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis investment is about keeping Australian soldiers, sailors and aviators safe and supporting local defence industry and jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAquaterro\u2019s work will play an important role in strengthening Australia\u2019s sovereign domestic supply chains and supporting the sustainment of critical ADF capability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is another example of how the Albanese Government is ensuring the capability and protective equipment used by the ADF are supported by local, accessible and responsive technical expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cImportantly, it supports Australian jobs and strengthens our skilled technical workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Albanese Government is investing in the supply and refurbishment of combat helmets for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) through Victorian company, Aquaterro. This investment of up to $160 million across seven years will support Australian industry and jobs, and ensure ADF personnel have access to reliable, locally supported and up-to-date protective equipment. Aquaterro has supported the ADF … Continue reading “Victorian firm secures $160 million helmet contract”<\/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-40252","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\/40252","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=40252"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40253,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40252\/revisions\/40253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}