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Assistant Minister for Defence, Matt Thistlethwaite, announced the projects at ADM's Northern Australia Defence Summit and said the projects will increase resilience at Defence bases.

The Commonwealth is in the midst of an $8 billion investment into Defence facilities across the Northern Territory, as the strategic importance of northern Australia continues to grow.

Ventia has kicked off a program to assess the lifecycle cost of lighting and replace aged and inefficient lighting at Defence bases with new LED lighting.

Beca has announced it has been awarded a six-year contract by the Department of Defence’s Directorate of Estate and Land Management (DELM), to deliver their EMOS 3rd Party Assurance Program.

The outcomes of the three-year project will help enable data on Defence's extensive physical property portfolio to be as up-to-date and accurate as possible and will be used to inform the Base Services Transformation.

Defence has released the Request for Proposal (RFP) for a fourth generation of contracts to deliver base services around Australia.

Participants were briefed on the two companies’ capabilities and the opportunities they envisage in tendering together for the Commonwealth’s Regional Maintenance Centre East (RMC East) to be established at Sydney’s Garden Island defence precinct.

One of Malaysia’s ageing air bases will be upgraded under a multi-million-dollar defence program announced on August 8.

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In May 2021, China’s Global Times newspaper published an op-ed from the editor-in-chief that suggested China ‘make a plan to impose retaliatory punishment’ should Canberra ‘militarily interfere’ in a conflict over Taiwan.

BGIS has been awarded the Department of Defence's 2021 Base Services Contractor of the Year, for the third consecutive year.

Building on discussions at ADM’s Northern Australia Defence Summit in Darwin this week, Stephanie Males and Nick Tate from PwC provide insight into the challenges involved with delivering defence infrastructure in the country’s north.

Beca has been contracted for a further 12-month extension to support the Directorate of Estate and Land Management implement and maintain an assurance program that continually improves the serviceability of the Defence estate.

The Anglesea Paterson Project includes significant upgrades to infrastructure and facilities at Hobart’s Anglesea Barracks, as well as a new facility and redevelopment of defence infrastructure in Launceston.

Preliminary works are underway to build the Northern Territory’s largest fuel storage facility in Darwin, with construction slated to begin shortly.

A major redevelopment of a Port Melbourne research facility used by Australia’s best Defence scientists will support 280 jobs during construction and provide a boost to the Victorian economy of more than $200 million.

Site works are underway to redesign and upgrade the first of three radars critical to protecting Australia’s northern coastline and airspace.