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原文：
Australia’s ambitions to develop a sovereign guided weapons production industry have taken another step forward with the signing of a joint statement of intent with the United States to enhance bilateral cooperation on local production. The signing also included defence giant Lockheed Martin, and coincides with the opening of a new joint program office with the Pentagon in Huntsville, Alabama.
These events are part of the government’s $21 billion 10-year sovereign Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) Enterprise goal to establish local production of precision-guided weapons to increase local skills and defence exports, and to decrease Australia’s reliance on global supply chains.
Defence says the signing also opens opportunities for additional co-development programs and the production of long-range fires, beginning with variants across the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) family of munitions and Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM).
HIMARS and GMLRS are operated by numerous US and allied forces, including Singapore, the UK, Germany, and many new customer countries that have ordered the system in the wake of its successful use against Russian forces in Ukraine.
中譯：
澳洲與美國簽署聯合意向聲明，將加強雙邊在本土生產領域的合作，朝發展自主導引武器製造產業再邁進。出席簽署儀式的還包括國防巨擘洛克希德馬丁，澳洲與五角大廈在阿拉巴馬州亨茨維爾成立的新聯合計畫辦公室，也同步揭幕。
這是澳洲政府210億美元、為期10年的主權「導引武器與爆裂性軍品」計畫之一環，目標是建立本土精確導引武器產線，提升國內技術與防務出口能力，同時降低澳洲對全球供應鏈依賴。
國防部說，這項簽署也為未來更多協同開發計畫與長程軍火生產開啟契機，首波重點包括「導引多管火箭系統」（GMLRS）系列彈藥和「精確打擊飛彈」（PrSM）。
「海馬士」與GMLRS獲美軍及新加坡、英國、德國等盟國部隊採用，其在烏克蘭戰場上成功用於對抗俄軍後，吸引多國成為新買家。
-關鍵軍語-
※GMLRS：導引多管火箭系統
※PrSM：精確打擊飛彈