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Quickstep, recently worked with the Business Council of Australia (BCA) to better understand growth in the Geelong area following the closure of the Ford Automotive facilities back in 2015. We established our Global R&D and technology Centre at Deakin University’s Waurn Ponds campus in 2015, so have seen the positive changes in the area. We are proud to have been asked to support the BCA video “A Quickstep into creating more high-skilled local jobs” focusing on the creation of high-skilled local talent in Geelong.

Quickstep Technologies and Radius Engineering, Inc. have announced their collaboration to establish a facility for the manufacturing of composite housings for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft’s countermeasure flares.

Examples of innovation in Australia abound. It is true that the dominance of resources can overshadow, in every respect, the success enjoyed by advanced manufacturing. But it is there and you don’t have to look that hard for it.

According Quickstep, it expects to increase revenues through the new work by $3 million to $4 million annually, assuming full rate production.

FY2019 was milestone year for Quickstep as we achieved a net profit and positive operating cashflow for the full-year, the first in the history of the company, as we continued our journey towards accelerated growth and long-term profitability.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the Hon Melissa Price, Minister for Defence Industry opened Quickstep Holdings Ltd (Sydney, Australia) new flare housing manufacturing facility at its Bankstown, Australia site on Oct. 13.

Minister Price responded by highlighting the Quickstep’s manufacturing facility opening, that she and the Prime Minister attended on 9th October, as an excellent example of advanced manufacturing work happening in Australia’s defence industry. 

In early October, Australia’s Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Melissa Price MP, travelled to the United States to advocate for more Australian work in the global F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program.  While in the US, the minister met with Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, the Hon Ellen M. Lord to discuss current and future Australian industry involvement in F-35 production.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Defence Industry Minister Melissa Price have officially launched Australian-based Quickstep Holding’s new flare housing manufacturing facility at its Bankstown site.

The 11 companies identified who could increase their participation are Ferra Engineering,  Levett Engineering, Lovitt Technologies, Varley, Marand, Quickstep, RUAG, Nupress, AW Bell, BAE Systems Australia and Cablex. Many are already key suppliers to the Lockheed Martin manufactured aircraft.