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Rear Admiral Tony Dalton

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Rear Admiral (RADM) Tony Dalton is the Head of the Joint Systems Division. In this role RADM Dalton oversees the acquisition and sustainment of the Australian Defence Force’s joint systems covering electronic warfare, communications and command support, satellites and tactical interoperability, surveillance and control systems, and guided weapons. RADM Dalton has decades of Defence experience having joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1980 as a direct entry aviation midshipman. He has amassed over 5500 military helicopter flying hours and has extensive experience as a Sea King and Seahawk flight pilot, a display pilot and as a qualified helicopter instructor. He served as Executive Officer of 816 Squadron in 1996 and Commanding Officer of 805 Squadron in 2001. RADM Dalton has held a number of senior operational and acquisition and sustainment management positions including Commander Fleet Air Arm in Navy and Director General Navy Aviation Systems and Head Helicopter Systems Division in the then Defence Materiel Organisation.

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Update on Land Combat & Amphibious Warfare projects

At the HunterNet Defence Conference I touched on a couple of programs where Hunter-based industries have already had success winning significant elements in support of ...

LAND • Thu, 06 Oct 2016

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Update on Joint Systems Division projects

Some of the work that my Division – Joint Systems Division – is involved in, includes supporting all of the Air Force’s, and the rest of Defence’s, guided weapons

JOINT-CAPABILITIES • Thu, 06 Oct 2016

Update on the Maritime and Anti Submarine projects

There is significant activity in the submarine/ship building space with a view to moving into a continuous build cycle. This is a nation-building program larger in scale ...

NAVAL • Thu, 06 Oct 2016

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Update on the Joint Strike Fighter project

Australia will procure 72 F-35A Joint Strike Fighters. The first two Australian aircraft have been delivered and have now flown over 700 hours between them. They remain ...

AIR • Thu, 06 Oct 2016

Acquiring and sustaining Defence capability

RADM Tony Dalton explains CASG’s path to creating an organisational framework with less red tape and being easier to do business with.

GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Thu, 06 Oct 2016

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