Supercars powerhouse Triple Eight is taking a massive leap by channeling its elite racing manufacturing expertise into the defence and aerospace sectors. Based in Brisbane with a dedicated production facility just down the road from its race shop, the organization has previously dabbled in various commercial industries alongside its core racing commitments.
The team recently achieved the highly coveted AS9100D certification, an internationally recognized quality management standard specifically developed for the aerospace and defence industries. Managing Director Jamie Whincup stated that this milestone paves the way for the organization to elevate its operations to unprecedented heights without losing its motorsport roots.
“Designing and developing motorsport parts has been the cornerstone of Triple Eight since day dot, and that will never change,” Whincup told Speedcafe.
“What we’ve done recently is make a strategic decision to put equal emphasis on taking our expanding capability, and more than 20 years of knowledge and IP, into other industries.”
Prior to this military-focused expansion, Triple Eight spent years manufacturing components for Qantas and only occasionally touched upon defence projects. Now, armed with the new certification, the engineering division is geared up to significantly ramp up its output for land-based military vehicles.
“We’re proud to support the aerospace industry through our work with Qantas,” added Whincup.
“We’ve also supplied defence in a small capacity in the past, and now that we’ve achieved AS9100D certification we’re gearing up to ramp that up considerably.”
“Within defence, our main focus will be the automotive and land-vehicle side, where our motorsport experience translates directly.”
Fueling this engineering division expansion is the recent acquisition of a state-of-the-art machining tool, specifically a DMG Mori DMU 75 monoBLOCK five-axis CNC. Whincup revealed that the heavy investment was inspired directly by a visit to Formula 1 outfit Red Bull Racing.
“I toured the Oracle Red Bull Racing headquarters and saw these DMG Mori machines in action,” he said.
“They impressed me so much that I had one on order a couple of days after I got home.”
Despite diversifying into external high-tech engineering markets, leadership assured that the team's commitment to the Supercars championship remains completely uncompromised. The quality and reliability of race parts supplied across the pit lane will continue to meet elite standards.
“I’ll take the opportunity to remind the rest of pit lane that we’re still fully committed to supplying them to the Triple Eight standard,” he concluded.
“As we diversify and learn from other industries, that will only improve the quality and consistency of our race car parts.”
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