Qantas Defence Services


Qantas Defence Services is a defence service company that was formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas. In August 2013, QDS was sold to Northrop Grumman for A$80 million.
The subsidiary had been providing maintenance for Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft, as well as work on the Royal Australian Air Force Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transports and also maintained both Prime Ministerial Boeing Business Jets.
Qantas is providing increasing support for the RAAF: