Australian Missile Corporation

{{Short description|Australian weapons company}}

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| industry = Defence

| founded = 2021

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| hq_location_country = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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| key_people = Lee Goddard (CEO){{Cite web|url=https://www.amc.com.au/our-leadership|title=Our Leadership|website=Australian Missile Corporation|date=|access-date=3 January 2023}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/special-reports/sovereign-guided-weapons-an-essential-capability/news-story/2f263902c23777ecdf5f5ee9fb3b11c0|url-access=subscription|title=Sovereign guided weapons an essential capability|access-date=3 January 2023|agency=The Australian|date=30 May 2022}}

| products = Missiles

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| owner = NIOA

| website = {{url|https://www.amc.com.au/}}

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The Australian Missile Corporation (AMC) is an Australian armaments company specialising in guided and non-guided weapon systems, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Queensland-based defence prime contractor NIOA. It was contracted by the Australian Government as an enterprise partner to help enable the development of a domestic guided and non-guided weapons manufacturing capability. The company’s inaugural and current chief executive officer, Lee Goddard, is a retired Rear Admiral of the Royal Australian Navy.

As part of a 2021 initiative,{{Cite web|url=https://www.defence.gov.au/project/guided-weapons-and-explosive-ordnance-enterprise|title=Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Enterprise|website=www.defence.gov.au|date=|access-date=25 December 2022}} headed by the Department of Defence, the Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Enterprise ("GWEO") program is intended to facilitate a domestic missile manufacturing capability. It is also supported by Aurecon, as enterprise partner, and multinational arms companies Lockheed Martin and Raytheon as strategic partners.{{Cite web|url=https://www.australiandefence.com.au/defence/joint/raytheon-and-lockheed-martin-to-deliver-gweo|title=Raytheon and Lockheed Martin to deliver GWEO

|website=www.australiandefence.com.au|date=5 April 2022|access-date=25 December 2022}}

GWEO was established under the prime ministership of Scott Morrison, whose messaging throughout his career not irregularly touched on the importance of Australia's defence infrastructure and capabilities. A RAND Corporation analysis from 2022 notes the creation of the GWEO was prefaced in the 2020 Defence Strategic Update.{{cite journal|title=Establishing a Sovereign Guided Weapons Enterprise for Australia

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