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Australia Issues List of 11 ‘Projects of Concern’

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Monday, October 18th, 2010

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Australian Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare Friday released the updated and complete Projects of Concern list. The list was established in 2008 for projects with significant cost, capability or schedule issues. Clare added Project AIR 5276 Phase 8B, which is to replace the AP-3C Orion aircraft's Electronic Support Measures system. "The advice to me from the Defence Materiel Organisation is that BAE Systems, awarded the Prime Contract in 2007, is currently 18 months…

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