Defence supplier Thomas Global opens innovation hub

Thomas Global Systems, a technology supplier for the Australian Defence Force, has opened a new electronic and embedded systems innovation hub.

The new hub has been designed to develop technologies from concepts through to integration for the commercial aerospace and defence markets.

It will seek to create cutting-edge capabilities for the ADF in terms of equipment including ground vehicle display systems.

Thomas Global Systems is one of thousands of SMEs across Australia that supply technologies and capabilities to the ADF.

The company has supplied display systems, mission system solutions and defence systems sustainment for a number of platforms including the Collins class submarines and the S70B Seahawks.

Speaking at the opening of the new hub, Minister for Defence Marise Payne said the initiatives outlined in the government’s new Defence Industry Policy Statement will help companies like Thomas Global Systems more effectively innovate.

“The Defence Industry Policy Statement demonstrates the Turnbull government’s strategy to bring a new approach to innovation in Defence. This is good for capability, it’s good for industry and it’s good for the Australian economy and jobs,” she said.

“I am excited by the work Thomas Global Systems is doing and the opportunities that the 2016 Defence White Paper offers the defence industry. Innovation is at the heart of the government’s agenda to transform Australia into a 21st-century economy.”

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