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The Destroyer Enterprise charter has been officially signed by Defence Australia, Thales, BAE Systems Australia, Lockheed Martin Australia, Saab Australia, Raytheon Australia and Navantia Australia.
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The agreement commits the companies to the sustainment of the Royal Australian Navy Hobart Class air warfare destroyers.
As a sustainment partner for the Destroyer Enterprise, companies will collaborate in supporting sustainment and maintenance activities, as well as bolster the capability and protection for the warship crew to ensure the highest level of operational readiness.
“At the Osborne Naval Shipyard… we joined representatives from Defence Australia, BAE Systems Australia, Lockheed Martin Australia, Navantia Australia, Saab Australia, and Thales Australia to sign the Destroyer Enterprise charter,” a statement from Raytheon Australia read.
“By working together, we commit to a shared vision to enhance the Destroyer lethality while sustaining deployable capability to achieve Royal Australian Navy’s mission.”
The defence industry, Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG) and the Royal Australian Navy launched the Destroyer Enterprise charter in late-2019 at the Clear Lower Deck at Garden Island, Sydney, to support the Navy’s Hobart Class guided missile destroyers.
Representatives from CASG, the Royal Australian Navy, managing contractor BAE Systems Australia (BAES) and industry partners Navantia Australia, Raytheon Australia and Thales Australia signed the charter at that time.
The importance and purpose of the charter is to bring what is an organisation of organisations, or in Navy terms, a “team of teams”, together under a unifying vision and mission. The charter brings this team of teams together philosophically and conceptually.
The Destroyer Enterprise vision, mission and behaviours of respect, openness, teamwork, continuous improvement and delivering results were brought to life through the charter.
The breadth and depth of knowledge, experience and skills that exist in the Destroyer Enterprise will enable it to deliver safe and seaworthy destroyers that are capable of being deployed operationally when and wherever the Navy needs them on behalf of Australia.
The vision for the Destroyer Enterprise is “Together deliver a Destroyer capability that can fight and win every time”, adapted from the Navy mantra of “To fight and win at sea”.
