SPOTLIGHT: GWEO – protecting Australian sovereignty, with Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Controls’ James Heading
Update: 2024-12-18
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In this episode of the Defence Connect Spotlight podcast, James Heading, director of Programs, Strategic Capabilities Office, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, joins host Liam Garman to provide an update on the Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Enterprise (GWEO), and what the enterprise’s next steps might look like after the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) production.
- Heading and Garman begin the podcast looking at the Guided Weapons Production Capability Risk Reduction Activity and Strategic Partner Services contracts, and how they will build a robust and resilient supply chain to protect Australia’s national sovereignty.
- They then discuss the Lockheed Martin–Thales teaming agreement overseeing solid rocket motors and warheads, and how the GWEO’s success lies in leveraging partnerships from SMEs to academia and through to global primes.
- The pair wrap up the podcast discussing what the logical progression for GWEO is after achieving GMLRS production.
Enjoy the podcast,
The Defence Connect team
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