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The new five-year Tasmanian Defence Strategy 2023 recognises the fast-paced nature of the global defence landscape, the need to be proactive and nimble, and supports the national view of delivering to the defence and national security agenda through a focused, cohesive and collaborative model.
Tasmanian manufacturing and support service companies, as well as Tasmania’s training and research institutes, such as the University of Tasmania’s Australian Maritime College (UTAS AMC), are already globally renowned, competitive, defence ready and able to support major defence activities now and in the future. Tasmania offers unique capabilities in design, manufacture, testing and support of specialist small water vessels and delivers world leading maritime and marine services. These include small harbour patrol boats, fast response vessels and transport craft; large catamaran high speed vessels; coastal landing craft built for extreme conditions; harbour maintenance craft and other small ships for use inshore and across the littoral domain. Other highly recognised maritime products include: • patented marine insulation, signature management systems • marine outfitting and modular accommodation systems currently fitted to Australian and New Zealand warships • underwater retrieval, sensing and marking systems • provision of specialised hydraulic componentry and maintenance services including for the Navy’s COLLINS Class Submarines • biofouling services • marine antenna systems currently fitted to international and Australian warships, and • a full range of shipping supply and logistic support services. The UTAS AMC is based in Launceston in the north of the state, with an additional campus operating in Sydney and provides a vast array of leading maritime services. It offers extensive support to the national defence program through the provision of cavitation research, supported by a world leading Hydrodynamics Centre and underwater collision research facilities. UTAS AMC is also home of the Australian Research Council’s Industrial Transformation Research Training Centre for Naval Design and Manufacturing. |