CEA Technologies Pty Limited
CEA · CEA Technologies
28 January 2025 – present
Canberra-based designer and manufacturer of active phased-array radar and communications systems, notably the CEAFAR radars fitted to Royal Australian Navy surface ships; a majority Commonwealth-owned company and Government Business Enterprise.
How it came into existence
A private company founded in Canberra in 1983, it became a majority Commonwealth-owned company on 28 January 2025, completing a staged acquisition announced on 27 April 2023 under which the Commonwealth first took a non-controlling shareholding (the minority stake held by Northrop Grumman) in July 2023; the Commonwealth holds about 72 per cent of the shares, with the Ministers for Finance and Defence as shareholder ministers.
Changes during its life
- 15 March 2025Prescribed as a Government Business Enterprise.
Main functions
- Design and manufacture of active phased-array radars
- Radar systems for Navy surface combatants
- Radars for land-based air defence systems
- Communications and surveillance technology
Where it sits
In the portfolio of Department of Finance.
- Type of body
- Commonwealth company, limited by shares
- Portfolio
- Finance
- Accountable authority
- Board
- ABN
- 99 059 951 183
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- List of Commonwealth entities and companies under the PGPA Act, 1 July 2026 (Department of Finance)
- Australian Government Organisations Register (Department of Finance, data.gov.au) (listed from 29 May 2025 to the latest release (30 June 2026))