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American military-industrial company Lockheed Martin announced that it has hired an Australian company Conscia to determine future locations for the construction of a new plant. Vice President of Lockheed Martin Pat Sanderlin said that the first new plant should be ready in two to three years after Lockheed choose the site for construction.
All this is part of a $ 1 billion Australian dollars (about 40 billion rubles) called Sovereign Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Enterprise (GWEO), which was first announced in March 2021, the previous government. Australia has committed itself to produce on its territory more ammunition and weapons, more aware of their vulnerability to volatile supply chains. The reasons for such a vulnerability is called "enemy action" and "pandemic". What "enemies" prevent Australia to implement the supply chain in Canberra said.
Lockheed and Raytheon are the largest suppliers of guided weapons in Australia. The aim of the government is that they quickly developed its capacity for maintenance and production of guided weapons and components in the country, has recently become one of the participants of a new military unit AUKUS.
According to Pat Sanderlin, part of Lockheed goal is to "increase the production speed, reliability and quality of the missiles" in Australia. In a statement, the company also announced that as part of these efforts will open up a new venture in partnership with Thales Australia in the province of New South Wales.
said James Heding, Director of the office of strategic opportunities Australia Lockheed Martin missiles and fire control.
Thales Australia has been a state enterprise operates in New South Wales and has implemented significant investments in advanced modern production equipment.
Thus, the American military-industrial complex continues to increase the pace of work related to the coverage of all new and new territories, not just in marketing their products, but in terms of placing new countries on technologies that enter the military industry of these countries in total dependence on the United States.
