- The Alliance
Sovereign delivery partners aligned to national priorities.
ASSIST’s potential lies in the combined capability and collaboration of its partners.
ASSIST is being advanced through an alliance of sovereign-capable companies and research organisations – each aligned to a defined line of effort and selected for their capability to contribute to the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of Australia’s maritime sustainment infrastructure and supporting systems.
This is a collaborative alliance , formed to prove and mature a model that can inform future national approaches to maritime sustainment infrastructure.
Alliance Structure:
Five lines of effort
ASSIST - CDB
Lead: Cairncross Dockyard Brisbane Pty Ltd
- Strategic coordination and site activation
- Integration of infrastructure, commercial delivery, and program management.
Partners
- Seymour Whyte - Tier 1 civil infrastructure delivery
- Trigonomics - Fabrication, yard infrastructure and OEM systems interface.
ASSIST – Research & Innovation
Lead: AMC Search
- Coordinate applied research
- Ensure platform-aligned innovation and training integration
- Accelerate design, and integration of smart sustainment technologies
- Generate exportable IP and support workforce development.
Partners:
Defence-aligned OEMs, applied research institutions and innovation collaborators.
ASSIST – Operations
Lead: Serco
- Operational readiness and dockyard management
- Workforce mobilisation, systems integration, and performance frameworks
- OEM coordination for in-yard support and long-term sustainment.
Other contributors:
- Local trades, marine technicians, and sustainment service providers - supporting workforce growth and regional jobs.
ASSIST – Supply Chain
Lead Suppliers: Bardex Corporation, Vulcan and Giflo Steels
- Critical systems: Hydraulic Chain Jack vertical shiplifts
- Supply of UHSS and corrosion-resistant green steels
- Building sovereign, scalable supply chains for national rollout.
Focus:
- Sovereign material resilience
- Manufacturing uplift aligned with national steel strategy
- Green transition and circular supply chain capability.
ASSIST – Advance
Lead: Trigonomics
- Smart build systems for rapid replication
- Workforce training, re-skilling and mobilisation pathways
- Development of repeatable, low-cost yard delivery modules.
Other contributors:
- Seymour Whyte, AMC Search, and education and training partners.
Strengthening sovereign sustainment capability
The ASSIST Alliance brings together:
- Experience spanning Defence, industry, infrastructure, and research and development
- Demonstrated reliability in complex, high-assurance operating environments
- A collaborative model designed to shape Australia's shipyard sustainment network
Looking ahead
The Alliance is committed to:
- Demonstrating how standardisation improves efficiency, lowers cost, and strengthens sovereign control
- Supporting Defence and commercial fleets through enduring, cost-effective sustainment
- Helping to accelerate sovereign capability delivery through technology, partnership, and collaboration
