Lithgow, NSW, 31 August 2023 - Thales Australia has welcomed The Hon. Pat Conroy MP Minister for Defence Industry today to officially open the company’s new advanced manufacturing facility at Lithgow in regional New South Wales. The new facility will house a new purpose-built live firing test and evaluation capability to support systems qualification and integration, and the acceleration of research and technology development of digitised small-arms and weapon system platforms. Julie Bown, Vice President of Land, Thales Australia and New Zealand, thanked Minister Conroy, the Commonwealth and the NSW Government for their continued support of Thales’ Lithgow Arms facility. Our workforce is highly skilled and multi-generational.”“Lithgow Arms has a proud and distinguished 110-year history of sovereign small arms production for Defence and this is part of a plan for the next phase of production.”
