Thales Opens Sonar Manufacturing Plant in Western Sydney

By Public Technologies
  • Thales opened a sonar manufacturing and maintenance plant in Western Sydney, backed by a joint multimillion-Australian-dollar investment with Australia's government.
  • The 100-meter production hall enables end-to-end manufacturing of towed sonar systems for Australian defense programs and export markets.
  • Production will support Hunter-class frigates, Collins-class submarines and BlueSentry autonomous maritime surveillance systems.
  • Local maintenance will increase deployment time for Australia's maritime surveillance operations.
  • The facility is expected to create dozens of engineering and advanced manufacturing jobs over the next few years.


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