Department of Defence (Australia)

Leadership & Staff

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Jim McDowell Deputy Secretary, Naval Building & Sustainment, Defence Department (Australia) | Chief Executive, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Government of South Australia

• Deputy Secretary, Naval Shipbuilding and Sustainment Group (Jul '23→?)

Chris Deeble AM CSC Chief Executive Northrop Grumman Australia, Air Vice-Marshal (Retd)

• Deputy Secretary, Capability, Acquisition and Sustainment Group (Sep '22→?)

Allison Norris Director General Estate Services Delivery at Department of Defence

• Director General Estate Services Delivery (Dec '19→?) [+1]

• Chief of Staff to the Chief of Defence Force (Nov '15→Dec '16)

Richard Marles Deputy Prime Minister of Australia | Minister for Defence | Deputy Leader of the Labor Party

• 58th Minister of Defence (Jun 1 '22→?) [+1]

• Shadow Minister (Jul 23 '16→Jan 28 '21)

John O'Callaghan Defence Industry Advocate, former Department of Defence Official

• Various Posts over 15 years

Greg Moriarty Secretary of the Department of Defence | DIO | Australian Army Reserve

• Department Secretary (Sep 4 '17→?)*

Peter Dutton Peter Craig Dutton is an Australian Liberal Party politician

• 57th Minister for Defence (Mar 30 '21→May 23 '22)

Katherine Jones Associate Secretary of the Australian Department of Defence

• Associate Secretary (Jun '20→Aug '21)

Guy Blackburn Director Navy Strategic Future Workforce at Department of Defence of Australia

• Director Navy Strategic Future Workforce (Jan '20→?) [+1]

• Director Contestability (Jun '16→Jan '20)

Linda Reynolds Former Minister for Defence at Australian Government

• 56th Minister for Defence (May 29 '19→Mar 29 '21) [+1]

• Minister for Defence Industry (Mar 2 '19→May 26 '19)

Donations

Australian Strategic Policy Institute Strategic Policy think tank

• Funding · 22,000,000 USD (Aug 31 '18→Jun 30 '23)*

Flinders University A public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia

• Investment · 5,000,000 USD

University of Western Australia

• Strategic Policy Grant · 1,300,000 USD (Jul '20)

Australian War Memorial National memorial in Australia, dedicated to the armed forces and supporting organizations

• Corporate Partnership

Holdings

Naval Shipbuilding College (the College) The college is an Australian Government initiative which is managed on behalf of the Australian Government by the Naval Shipbuilding Institute (NSI) is a joint venture between KBR and HII

• Owner

Child Organizations

Defence Intelligence Group From July 1, 2020 brings all of the ADF’s intelligence capabilities under a single oversight organisation&to coordinate the introduction of new capabilities.

• Child Org

Strategic Policy and Intelligence Group Dept of Defence Australia - responsible for defence diplomacy, strategic policy, international security, and military intelligence co-ordination.

• Child Org (Feb 8 '16→?)

Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group CASG (Australian Dept of Defence) purchases and maintains military equipment and supplies in the quantities and to the service levels that are required by Defence and approved by Government.

• Child Org ('15→?)

Australian Signals Directorate ASD is an Australian government agency responsible for foreign signals intelligence, support to military operations, cyber warfare, and information security.

• an operational agency

Australian Defence Export Office (ADEO) Established in April 2018 as a key initiative of the 2018 Defence Export Strategy.

• Key Initative of the Defence Export Strategy (Apr '18→?)

Centre for Defence Industry Capability (CDIC) 

• Initiative

Defence Science and Technology Defence Science and Technology is part of Australia's Department of Defence. It is the second largest public-funded R&D organisation in Australia.

• agency

Naval Shipbuilding Advisory Board The Naval Shipbuilding Advisory Board (NSAB) provided advice to the Australian Government on naval shipbuilding.

• Child Org

Defence Material Organisation

• Child Org (past)

Defence Innovation Hub The Defence Innovation Hub provides opportunities for academia, research organisations and Australian businesses of all sizes to put forward innovative proposals that can enhance Defence capability.

• initiative

Parents

Australian Government

• Parent Org

Memberships

Lowy Institute for International Policy International policy think tank located in Sydney, Australia

• Member

Services & Transactions

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Hanwha Defence Australia Australian subsidiary of Hanwha Defence Corporation

• supplier · 4,630,817,353 AUD (Dec 14 '23→Mar 31 '29) [+2]

• supplier · 1,100,000 AUD (Jun 3 '22→Oct 1 '22)

• supplier · 1,100,000 AUD (May 18 '23→Jul 31 '23)

Clough Limited A engineering and construction company established in 1919 in Perth, Western Australia

• Service/Transaction · 228,084,229 AUD (Mar 9 '21→Jun 30 '23)

Anduril Australia Pty Ltd Australian subsidary of Anduril Industries LC

• service/product provider · 155,636,059 AUD (Dec 22 '21→?)*

Aspen Medical Pty Ltd Global provider of healthcare solutions.

• Service/Transaction · 36,649,604 AUD (Jan 25 '08→Dec 31 '10)* [+2]

• contractor · 1,000,000 AUD (Feb 5 '21→Jun 30 '21)

• Service/Transaction · 604,000 AUD (Jul 1 '20→Jun 31 '21)

HighCom Limited Australian company (ASX:HCL) Defense and Space Manufacturing | Formerly Xtek Limited | Providing revolutionary technology to the frontline in their products and tailored solutions

• contractor · 27,000,000 AUD (Dec '22→?)

Sentient Vision Systems An Australian company | Developer of Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence software solutions

• service provider · 16,318,868 AUD (Oct 24 '06→?)

Shadbolt Group An Australian project engineering and manufacturing enterprise.

• service provider · 5,680,675 AUD (Jul 16 '18→Jun 30 '25)

Palantir Technologies Australia Pty Ltd

• Service/Transaction · 1,459,846 USD (Jun 2 '14→Aug 10 '20)*

Sparta Software Corporation Technological based healthcare organisation |

• provider · 1,058,555 AUD (May 29 '19→May 29 '22) [+2]

• provider · 139,500 AUD (Jun 5 '20→Jun 5 '23)

• provider · 42,500 AUD (May 22 '20→Dec 31 '20)

Thomas Eccles Retired Rear Admiral United States Navy | Former member Naval Shipbuilding Advisory Board (Australia)

• consultant · 683,156 AUD (Feb 28 '21→Feb 28 '24) [+3]

• consultant · 491,287 AUD (Mar 15 '17→Dec 8 '19)

• consultant · 117,910 AUD (Jan 22 '16→Jun 30 '16)

• consultant · 39,661 AUD (Mar 2 '17→Dec 8 '19)

Miscellaneous Relationships

Concentric Asia Pacific Former provider of engineering technology

• Contractor (past)

Re-Engineering Australia Foundation Foundation focused on promoting STEM among young Australians

• Affiliation

Quintessence Labs Pty Ltd Cyber Security firm

• Partner

Australian International Airshow Defence exhibit

• Affiliation

BAE Systems Australia Australian Division of BAE Systems

• Supplier

Bob Breen Director Defence Professional PhD Program, Associate Professor Of Strategic Studies at Deakin University

• Point of Contact*

Deakin University A public university in Victoria, Australia

• Affiliation*

School of Information Operations (SOIO) The School of Information Operations (SOIO) - Australia is a collaboration between DEWC T&E and Defence and security multinational Leonardo

• Affiliation

Brian Ferguson Principal Scientist (Acoustic Systems) at Maritime Division Sydney, Defence Science and Technology Group

• Affiliation*