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Australia Launches New Defense Export Unit

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Friday, February 1st, 2008

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Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement, the Hon Greg Combet MP, this week officially launched the Defence Export Unit. "The Defence Export Unit will work closely with Australian defence companies planning to enter the defence export market and will continue to support those companies that have already broken into overseas defence markets," Combet said at the Pacific 2008 International Maritime exposition. "The DEU demonstrates the Government's commitment to working with Australian defence industry and it will make a real difference…

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