Aimpoint was engaged by the Australian Government to develop comprehensive Transfer of Technology (ToT) frameworks as part of the Future Submarine Program, ensuring that the advanced capabilities required to design, build, and sustain submarines could be fully established within Australia. Aimpoint worked closely with Naval Group for the platform components and Lockheed Martin for the combat system, developing the essential contractual frameworks, technical strategies, and execution plans to enable a sovereign submarine capability.
As part of the engagement, Aimpoint contributed to the ASDEFCON contracting framework by creating the Data Item Descriptions (DIDs) required for ToT with each contracted prime:
Following the development of the ToT framework, Aimpoint led negotiations with Naval Group and Lockheed Martin to finalise and secure the necessary commitments for technology transfer:
By facilitating each stage of ToT, Aimpoint ensured that the transfer of expertise, infrastructure setup, and resource planning met Australia’s long-term objectives for sovereign submarine capabilities.
A core aspect of Aimpoint’s role involved overseeing the groundwork for local capability establishment:
Through Aimpoint’s strategic ToT framework and hands-on execution, Australia had established the framework for establishing the required capabilities in Australia to design , build, operate and sustain the submarines. While we are not currently engaged under AUKUS there is no doubt this work is still driving decisions for a Sovereign Nuclear Submarine Program.
