Downer’s defence consulting business – Downer Defence Systems (DDS) – works with the Department of Defence to assist them with some of the most complex projects and programs in the nation. DDS is the ‘Downer’ in the Team Downer consortium, with the name of the MSP reflecting the...

As a Major Service Provider (or MSP), Team Downer is an important enabler to the Department of Defence, and an ‘essential service’ to the Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group, or CASG. 

Team Downer contractors work alongside uniformed and non-uniformed Commonwealth personnel...

The Major Service Provider (MSP) model assists Defence to deliver public value - but what is public value, and how does it interact with the MSPs?

The MSP

The 2018 Defence Industrial Capability Plan noted that Australia will need a sophisticated, large and...

If you spend any time in defence circles then you are likely to hear the term ‘sovereign capability’ mentioned from time to time – but what does that term refer to?

The term itself is an industry shorthand for the concept of Australia’s sovereign defence industry capability –...