Company Profile

Thales

Thales is the prime contractor for Project SEA 1390 Ph 2.1 (FFG Upgrade). This project seeks to regain a comparative regional maritime capability by upgrading four (originally six) Adelaide Class Guided Missile Frigates (FFGs), and ensure that they remain effective and supportable through to their planned end of life in 2013 – 2021. The FFGs are being upgraded with improved Anti-Ship Missile Defence; On Board Training System; Electronic Support system; Tactical Data Link capability; Underwater Warfare System, Ship Service Diesel Generator’s and other ship systems, establish shore based Operator and Team Trainers and a Warfare System Support Centre.

 

Treestone's involvement in the project has included provision of management services for the Combat System Subsystems test program, procurement of the combat system software and the System Safety program.

For more details concerning the project please refer to - http://www.defence.gov.au/dmo/msd/sea1390/sea1390.cfm.

 

DownerEDI Rail

DownerEDI Rail has entered into 3 contracts with Reliance..RailCorp entered into a rolling stock public-private partnership (PPP) with Reliance Rail in December 2006.

The Reliance Rail consortium comprises equity partners Downer EDI, AMP Capital Investors, RBS Social Infrastructure (Australia) Trust (formerly ABN AMRO), and International Public Partnerships (formerly Babcock and Brown Partnerships).

Reliance Rail is supported by a team of industry specialists, including engineering and service organisations such as Downer EDI Rail and Hitachi.

Reliance Rail will deliver:

  • 626 carriages
  • a maintenance facility at Auburn
  • fleet maintenance for 30 years
  • simulators for crew training.

 

Sydney's next generation train will be progressively rolled out for passenger service from late 2010.

Treestone's involvement in the project has included specification of the maintenance facility software systems, development of the train's software interfaces, development of software capability and architecture management strategies, systems assurance and software development planning, system safety, and system integration