Australia needs trusted partners who can help Defence deliver capability at speed, sustain it for longer and keep control where it matters most. ADSS supports that mission by combining a skilled Australian workforce, deep Defence experience, trusted industry partnerships and proven global expertise to deliver practical sovereign outcomes.

For us, sovereignty is not about isolation. It is about giving Australia the confidence, control and resilience to make independent decisions, sustain critical capability and remain mission-ready in an increasingly complex strategic environment.

That requires more than equipment. It depends on Australian people, skills, industrial capacity, sustainment pathways, technical knowledge and trusted delivery partners who understand Defence’s mission and can deliver with discipline, assurance and pace.

For more than 65 years, ADSS has worked alongside Defence and national security customers to build these foundations in Australia. Today, our nationally distributed workforce supports capability design, integration, sustainment, logistics, software, engineering and program delivery across Australia. We translate global experience into Australian delivery, helping Defence reduce complexity, improve readiness and keep critical capability available when and where it is needed.

Sovereignty is built through people

Sovereign capability starts with the people who design, integrate, operate and sustain it.

KBR’s Australian team of around 2,000 employees, 25% of whom are veterans, work alongside Defence every day, applying technical expertise and operational understanding to complex capability challenges. This blend of know-how and know-why helps Defence make informed decisions, reduce integration risk and sustain capability throughout its life cycle.

Sovereignty is strengthened through Australian industry

Sovereign capability is stronger when Australian industry is part of the solution.

ADSS works with a broad Australian industrial ecosystem that includes small and medium enterprises, Indigenous enterprises, veteran-owned businesses and specialist technology providers. Through KBR’s Technical Supplier Network of more than 400 Australian companies, we help connect Australian businesses to Defence opportunities and build enduring industrial capacity.

Our approach creates practical pathways for Australian industry participation across engineering, logistics, sustainment, software, maintenance, technical services, training and systems integration. By mentoring suppliers, transferring knowledge and creating contestable work packages, we help strengthen local capability, grow Australian workshare and reduce future reliance on fragile supply chains.

Sovereignty requires sustainment and resilience

Capability only delivers strategic value if it can be kept ready, reliable and supportable over time.

ADSS supports sovereign preparedness by helping Defence maintain critical assets, manage obsolescence, strengthen supply chain resilience and build Australian sustainment pathways. We increase local support, repair, warehousing, technical services and through-life management so capability remains available, supportable and mission-ready throughout its service life.

Where overseas suppliers or original equipment manufacturers remain necessary, ADSS helps reduce dependency risk through Australian service arrangements, local stockholdings, technical knowledge transfer, training, authorised repair capability and progressive localisation. This gives Defence a practical pathway to strengthen sovereignty while meeting immediate capability needs.

Sovereignty is enabled by global expertise

Australia strengthens sovereignty by choosing how global expertise is applied, assured and sustained in Australia.

As a product-agnostic capability and integration partner, ADSS draws on proven global knowledge, technologies and specialist expertise where they add value for Defence. We integrate, assure and sustain those solutions within an Australian operating model, helping Defence access world-class capability without compromising Australian control, assurance or decision-making authority.

This is the value ADSS brings: global expertise, delivered locally, to strengthen Australia’s sovereign capability, operational readiness and long-term resilience. We help Defence move with confidence today while building the Australian workforce, industry partnerships and sustainment capability needed for tomorrow.