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The local defence firm has joined the ranks of the Defence Teaming Centre as part of its commitment to supporting the development of Australia’s defence capability.
Downer has become a “prime partner’ of the Defence Teaming Centre (DTC) — a member-based organisation, which aims to support the development of sovereign capability by increasing the overall competitiveness of local firms in global markets.
Sergio Cinerari, Downer’s chief operating officer, said the firm would leverage its resources to support the DTC’s overall objective.
“This is an exciting time for the defence industry. Australia has a very capable small-to-medium enterprise (SME) base that is keen to contribute their expertise to support the Australian Defence Force, and Downer is determined to play our part to assist them,” he said.
“Downer has been supporting Defence for the past 80 years and has worked with many SMEs during this time.
“We do this in a number of ways: we partner with them directly, as we are currently doing on the Muskito project; we directly place them into Defence projects, as we do through our Downer Defence Systems business and the Team Downer Major Service Provider consortium; and we support defence industry bodies such as the DTC and the Australian Industry Defence Network (AIDN).”
Downer joins a number of prime defence contractors, small-to-medium enterprises, academic institutions, and professional service providers, who have committed to supplying and supporting Defence capability through the DTC.
The DTC’s activities include engaging in advocacy, training, marketing, communication and teaming.
