Lockheed Martin to Provide $765 Million Australian Air Defence System

Lockheed Martin to Provide $765 Million Australian Air Defence System
Trade visitors are seen walking over a road crossing covered with Lockheed Martin branding at Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, Britain, July 17, 2018. Toby Melville/REUTERS
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Lockheed Martin will oversee the creation of a critically enhanced, all-domain integrated air and missile defence capability for Australia following an announcement by the federal Labor government on Aug. 29.

This follows the Defence Strategic Review’s identification that an air and missile defence capability was critical for Australia to confront an evolving strategic environment.

Victoria Kelly-Clark
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Victoria Kelly-Clark is an Australian based reporter who focuses on national politics and the geopolitical environment in the Asia-pacific region, the Middle East and Central Asia.
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