Projects of Concern Update
31 March 23
Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Pat Conroy MP, convened a Projects of Concern Summit in Canberra today about the Civil-Military Air Traffic Management System (OneSKY-CMATS) project.
The Albanese Government is strengthening and revitalising Defence’s Projects of Concern process, bringing senior stakeholders from government and industry together to remediate listed projects.
Thales Australia’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr Jeff Connolly, and senior officials from Defence, Infrastructure, and Airservices Australia took part in today’s Summit, discussing progress towards remediating the project.
The Projects of Concern regime is a proven process for managing the remediation of underperforming projects. Since the previous Summit, a remediation plan for OneSKY-CMATS has been agreed to and signed.
The OneSKY-CMATS project is a partnership to replace existing air traffic management systems with an advanced, integrated management and control system for civilian and military aviation.
This is the second Summit held since the Albanese Government came to office.
Minister Conroy thanked Thales Australia and Airservices Australia for their constructive engagement at the Summit, and for identifying pathways to improve efficiency and timely delivery.
Source: Defence Press Release