Plan Galileo’s Horizon Three: Sustainment 2025
Channel: Royal Australian Navy
Date: 2022-05-25

Defence is delivering sustainment as a capability through Plan Galileo to ensure that the Royal Australian Navy fleet is available when and where needed.

Plan Galileo’s Horizon Three: Sustainment 2025 is about transitioning capabilities into the new approach so it becomes business as usual. Sustainment 2025 aim to achieve three key objectives: enhanced and evolved support to Navy; sustainment efficiency; and sovereign sustainment capability.

The new approach considers sustainment from design through to disposal to maximise capability – this includes sustainment being embedded in acquisition. Planning for fit-for-purpose infrastructure is underway and a national supply chain providing more opportunities for more sovereign suppliers is being developed.

Regional Maintenance Centre (RMC) National is being stood up to drive standardisation, coordination and efficiency across the RMC Network. Four RMCs are being established to provide enhanced sustainment capabilities on the west coast at Henderson, to the north and north-east in Darwin and Cairns and to the east in Sydney. There will be improved safety and reduced administration as well as standard process and procedures adopted RMC network-wide.

Sustainment 2025 will see increased collaboration and reduced barriers to entry for local and small businesses.  Professionalisation of the maritime sustainment workforce is underway, with the new approach to provide upskilling opportunities.  

For more information, go to: https://www.defence.gov.au/business-industry/naval-shipbuilding/plan/galileo