Bankstown. Largest parts manufacturer

Quickstep Technologies, at Bankstown Airport, is negotiating its third long-term agreement with aerospace giants Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to supply F-35 Lighting 11 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) components. This 20-year agreement to make parts of the fifth generation of strike fighters will help make Quickstep the largest aircraft parts manufacturer outside Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 in the world, according to The Australian Financial Review. Quickstep started life as a R&D entity in Western Australia