which made two-stroke Victa engines until 2016, <\/a>was backed to reach the deal by a federal government Australian Submarine Supplier Qualification (AUSSQ) program.<\/p>\nDefence Minister Richard Marles said AUKUS, which includes $368bn nuclear-powered submarine construction centred on Adelaide, was \u201cone of the greatest industrial endeavours in our nation\u2019s history\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a really exciting announcement for Century Engineering, for South Australia and for our national industrial base,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis program is all about creating jobs, growing skills and strengthening the industrial partnerships at the heart of AUKUS \u2013 all while developing a strong, sovereign submarine enterprise here in Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n
Premier Peter Malinauskas, who will visit Century Engineering on Monday, said its work was \u201ca shining example of the transformative opportunity AUKUS presents for South Australian manufacturing\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot so long ago Century was making parts for Victa lawnmowers. Now, through the opportunity provided by AUKUS, it is making parts for nuclear powered aircraft carriers in the United States,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mr Malinauskas said the state and federal government-backed work was a new opportunity to \u201cgrow a highly complex export industry, and sustain secure, well paid jobs for a long time to come\u201d.<\/p>\n
Century Engineering managing director David Heaslip said: \u201cThis is a rewarding acknowledgment of our evolution from simple component manufacturer to suppling advanced manufacturing capability to US naval nuclear platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n
Century Engineering trainee Ciara Della-Flora\u2019s parents met through ASC and eight months ago she became the latest member of the family to join the defence industry. <\/p>\n
The 19-year-old who \u201cdidn\u2019t like school much\u201d, works in human resources for Century through the Defence Industry Pathways Program. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m honoured to be part of a huge project to help Australia,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
Almost $40m has been pumped so far into the AUSSQ program, delivered by H & B Defence, a HII and Babcock joint venture.<\/p>\n
H & B Defence Managing Director Tim Brown said: \u201cCentury Engineering\u2019s success marks a real shift for Australian industry under AUKUS \u2013 from building capability to delivering into it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is more than a single contract; it shows Australian SMEs can meet the highest standards and take their place in trusted international defence supply chains, contributing at scale.\u201d<\/p>\n
Initially, the program\u2019s focus is on Australian businesses delivering castings, forgings and precision machining \u2013 13 companies have achieved supplier qualifications so far.<\/p>\n
Another $14m will be allocated to the program\u2019s next phase, which will focus on businesses with expertise in composites, glass-reinforced plastics, furniture and joinery, being able to compete for opportunities in US nuclear-powered submarine and aircraft carrier supply chains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A northern Adelaide engineering firm that once made Victa lawnmower engines will build parts for United States aircraft…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[395,10340,10346,10351,10341,124,297,23,133,4611,10325,10339,10349,10329,10344,10338,10345,10321,10324,10348,10333,10334,290,10347,10319,10337,10330,104,4270,10328,499,10342,10343,10332,119,135,288,10350,472,10326,120,318,10336,10335,485,10327,121,291,10323,10322,10320,10331,3386,117,353],"class_list":["post-8989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-adelaide","tag-adelaide","tag-advanced-manufacturing-capability","tag-air-warfare-destroyers","tag-aircraft-carrier-supply","tag-aircraft-carriers","tag-america","tag-asia","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-businesses","tag-australian-manufacturing","tag-australian-suppliers","tag-babcock-international-group-plc","tag-blast-deflector-system","tag-carrier-supply-chains","tag-class-frigates","tag-class-submarines","tag-class-supply","tag-component-manufacturer","tag-david-heaslip","tag-defence-projects","tag-defence-supply-chains","tag-europe","tag-export-industry","tag-federal-government-australian","tag-gerald-r-ford","tag-international-defence-supply","tag-iran","tag-joint-venture","tag-lawnmower-engines","tag-massive-nuclear-subs","tag-mower-splutters","tag-naval-nuclear-platforms","tag-navy-aircraft-carrier","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-northern-europe","tag-nuclear-powered-aircraft-carriers","tag-nuclear-powered-submarine","tag-nuclear-powered-submarine-construction","tag-oceania","tag-peter-malinauskas","tag-priority-sustainment-services","tag-qualification","tag-richard-marles","tag-service-types","tag-south-australia","tag-southern-asia","tag-sovereign-submarine-enterprise","tag-supplier-qualifications","tag-supply-chains","tag-tim-brown","tag-united-kingdom","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-western-australia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}