The Australian Aerospace Industry Forum was established to ensure the continued development of a sustainable aerospace industry, to promote Australian capabilities and to provide a collective industry voice to government on current issues. The Forum was launched in April 2006.
Function
The Australian Aerospace Industry Forum is industry led and:
- Seeks to maximise the participation of Australian aerospace firms in supply chains and increase the level of aerospace exports;
- Assists the aerospace industry access the skills and technologies necessary to its development and growth;
- Monitors and addresses research and innovation issues to assist the future growth and development of the aerospace industry;
- Seeks to maximise Australian aerospace industry involvement in defence projects and meet the Department of Defence's requirements in relation to developing and maintaining capabilities; and
- Addresses strategic civil and defence certification and standards issues to assist the future growth of the Australian aerospace industry.
Membership
The Forum has a broad based membership comprised of large aerospace firms with operations in Australia, a representative group of small to medium enterprises (SMEs), institutions whose primary activity relates to the aerospace industry and associations that represent the local aerospace industry. This group is representative of the industry both in terms of firms and the activities that are essential to the success of aerospace in Australia, such as skills development and manufacturing.
The Australian Aerospace Industry Forum members are:
- Ian Honnery (CHAIR), Aerospace Australia Limited
Bill Belton, Royal Aeronautical Society Paul
Paul Brederick, Aviation Australia
- Michael Brown, QANTAS
Ken Cannane, Aviation Maintenance Repair Overhaul Business Association (AMROBA)
Brian Cobb, Manufacturing Skills Australia (MSA)
Bryan Douglas, ADIESA
John Dwyer, Goodrich Customer Services Asia Pacific
Paul Fisher, Australian Business Limited (ABL)
Ron Fisher, Raytheon Australia
Geoff Gillespie, Raytheon Australia
Angela Krepcik, Advanced Manufacturing Australia
Jim McDowell, BAE Systems Australia
Kevin McMahon, Lovitt Technologies Australia
John O’Callaghan, Australian Industry Group (Defence Council)
Phil Presgrave, Aviation Australia
Tony Quick, GKN Aerospace Engineering Services Pty Ltd
Steve Roebuck, Aerostaff Australia Pty Ltd
Malcolm Robertson, BAE Systems Australia
- Prof Murray Scott, Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures
Sue Smith, Australian Industry Defence Network (AIDN)
Jo Staines, Hawker de Havilland
- Barry Sutherland, Boeing Australia
The Australian Aerospace Industry Forum Government Associates are:
- Melanie Anderson, Queensland Department of Tourism, Regional Development and Industry
- Steve Kerlander, New South Wales Department of State and Regional Development
- Mike Lawson, Australian Federal Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
- Tony Martin, Defence South Australia
- Geoff Susans, Victorian Department of Industry, Innovation and Regional Development
Forum Working Groups
The Forum has established five working groups, detailed below, to take action on issues facing the industry:
Information on the activities of the Forum and the working groups is available in the Forum's newsletters attached below.
For further information
Phone: +61 2 6213 6420
Email: Aerospace@innovation.gov.au
January 2009