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The defence technology company has committed to supporting Defence’s push for sovereign guided weapons capability through collaboration with an industry consortium.
Moog Australia is the latest defence company to join the Australian Missile Corporation (AMC) — a recently established subsidiary of munitions company NIOA — in a bid to support the Commonwealth government’s endeavour to build a sovereign guided weapons enterprise for the ADF.
The consortium aims to foster cross-sector co-operation between industry, academia, state governments and Defence.
Moog joins a host of other industry partners, including:
- aerospace composites business Quickstep;
- propellant and rocket systems manufacturer Black Sky Aerospace;
- manufacturing technologies provider John Hart;
- fabrications solutions provider Allweld Manufacturing;
- automated supplier matching platform BenchOn;
- engineering firm Milspec Manufacturing;
- electronic solutions provider Thomas Global Systems;
- robotics and software developer Skyborne;
- materials technology company Archer Materials;
- flight operations and engineering company Air Affairs Australia; and
- electrical and control systems provider Sage.
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has also expressed interest in supporting the AMC.
Robert Nioa, CEO of NIOA and the Australian Missile Corporation, welcomed Moog Australia to the team, noting the potential benefits of the collaboration.
‘’We are looking forward to partnering with Moog,” he said.
“They are a truly innovative company with deep experience in the design, manufacture and integration of high-end guided weapon systems.
“Moog's commitment to ‘100 per cent quality, 100 per cent on time delivery' is exactly the same winning mindset the AMC wants to cultivate in the guided weapons enterprise.”
Bryan O'Connor, managing director of Moog Australia, said the firm would leverage its experience delivering precision steering controls and propulsion systems for missiles, designed to travel up to hypersonic speeds.
“Similarly, Moog is excited to partner with the AMC in developing a sovereign guided weapons industrial base in Australia,” O'Connor added.
These latest collaborations come just over two months after Lockheed Martin Australia and Thales Australia finalised a teaming agreement to facilitate co-operation in the design, development and production of Lockheed Martin’s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile – Surface Launch (LRASM SL) variant.
The agreement will specifically focus on booster and rocket motor technologies.
[Related: NIOA partners with Quickstep, Black Sky for sovereign guided weapons push]
Charbel Kadib
News Editor – Defence and Security, Momentum Media
Prior to joining the defence and aerospace team in 2020, Charbel was news editor of The Adviser and Mortgage Business, where he covered developments in the banking and financial services sector for three years. Charbel has a keen interest in geopolitics and international relations, graduating from the University of Notre Dame with a double major in politics and journalism. Charbel has also completed internships with The Australian Department of Communications and the Arts and public relations agency Fifty Acres.
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