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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Strike Fighter scientists among casualties of deep Defence cuts

F-35 Lightning IINearly 40 of Australia's top military scientists and engineers are to be thrown on the scrapheap as the Defence Science and Technology Organisation cuts costs.

The jobs cull is expected to cut from six scientists to just two the DSTO's technical team for the $24 billion Joint Strike Fighter, the nation's largest ever defence purchase.

The Australian Maritime Warfare Centre, based at Sydney's Garden Island, is slashing a third of its staff of civilian engineers and technicians, from 48 public servants to 31.

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