Philip Smart | Adelaide
Airbus and the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) will jointly staff a helicopter support centre in Brisbane, to optimise capability for the Australian Defence Force’s fleets of ARH Tiger and MRH90 Taipan helicopters.
The new RAMSPO Plateau will provide Navy and Army with the engineering, supply support and technical services required to enable the Tiger and Taipan helicopters to fly their missions and meet and maintain the required operational tempo.
The RAMSPO Plateau was formally commissioned on Thursday 16 April at Airbus Group Australia Pacific’s manufacturing complex on Brisbane Airport.
When operating at full strength it will be staffed by some 250 civilian and Defence personnel.
The commissioning was attended by the DMO’s Rear Admiral Tony Dalton, Head Helicopters, Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems and Guided Weapons Division.
Airbus Group Australia Pacific’s Managing Director, Dr. Jens Goennemann, said the centre will be an integrated environment in which Defence and industry personnel will share a common goal.
“We are all in this together to ensure our servicemen and women have the most reliable and safest helicopters available to them,” he said.