Australian businesses building our sovereign defence industry miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Workers whose employment has been impacted by COVID-19 will be provided with pathways into exciting and sustainable careers in the naval shipbuilding sector under a $5 million program to be delivered by the Morrison Government.
The new program is part of the Government’s $1 billion investment package to boost Australia’s defence industry workforce to 70,000 and support thousands of jobs across the country.
Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price said while the COVID-19 pandemic had impacted many Australians, the Morrison Government was growing the defence industry workforce to further support small and medium sized enterprises across the country.
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Defence Industry Minister Melissa Price encourage women to pursue the growing number of leadership roles in Australia s shipbuilding industry. This International Women’s Day, the federal governmen
‘History Has Been Made’: First Aussie Made Military Aircraft in 50 Years Takes Off
The first Australian military aircraft designed and developed in half a century the Loyal Wingman has successfully completed its first flight on the weekend.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the program is a testament to the ingenuity of Australia’s defence industry.
“History has been made,” Morrison said.
Introduced in February 2019, the unmanned Loyal Wingman has a range of more than 3,700 kilometres and keeps crewed capabilities out of harm’s way by projecting power forward via artificial intelligence. Loyal Wingman (Supplied by Boeing)
The Acting Minister for Defence, Marise Payne, said the Loyal Wingman program would support Australia’s defence industry and boost Australia’s workforce.