Melissa Price (Durack, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence Industry) Share this | Hansard source

It's a great pleasure to be able to talk about the companies that are already involved in the F-35 program, and there'll be more to come now that we have this Asia-Pacific regional hub. These are companies like Marand, in Melbourne, who are manufacturing the vertical tails; Queanbeyan based Lintek, who produce the circuit boards and are the only company in Australia to do so; and Brisbane based TAE Aerospace, who are maintaining the F-35 engines. It's a real feather in the cap for Brisbane based TAE Aerospace, as this is the first time that the work they're performing on the F-35 has been done outside the US. It's great news for them, and it's a great example of the Australian capability.

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