The company is expected to establish a new facility and hire new personnel in Moorabbin, Victoria while leveraging additional support from their current facility in Perth, Western Australia for the contract.

Head of Aerospace Systems Air Vice-Marshal Graham Edwards said the contract would provide technical services to ensure the readiness of critical ALSE to support all ADF aviators.

“This will allow Defence to establish an ALSE enterprise that delivers best practice and high-performance capability to a growing number of complex aviation platforms for the ADF,” AVM Edwards said.

“This approach will give the Australian defence industry the opportunity to grow and respond to Defence’s capability needs as required.”

Approximately 80 per cent of ADF ALSE is shared across multiple aircraft platforms. ALSE includes helmets and oxygen masks, inflatable life rafts and vests, load carriage and restraint harnesses, flares, radios and signalling devices for post evacuation survival and night vision devices.

Robert Dougherty

Robert is a senior journalist who has previously worked for Seven West Media in Western Australia, as well as Fairfax Media and Australian Community Media in New South Wales. He has produced national headlines, photography and videography of emergency services, business, community, defence and government news across Australia. Robert graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, Majoring in Public Relations and Journalism at Curtin University, attended student exchange program with Fudan University and holds Tier 1 General Advice certification for Kaplan Professional. Reach out via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or via LinkedIn.