Okay, the title of this thread is COAST WATCH CONTRACT RENEWAL.
Today it was announced that Cobham has won the SEARCH and RESCUE CONTRACT.
Cobham wins $640m AMSA search and rescue contract | Australian Aviation
Now did the original poster, Soup Nazi mean the SAR contract or the Coastwatch contract?
They are two distinctly different contracts, fulfilling different roles with different aircraft. It just so happens that Cobham will have both from 2016.
Makes sense to amalgamate both contracts and change the name [with Customs boats etc] and call it the Australian Coast Guard....
Er, no it doesn't. It may look like that to someone who does not understand the roles and culture of the two organisations (Customs & AMSA)
Not going into too much detail, if you have the time, you may want to look up the structure of AMSA-Border Protection command-ADF-Police and Federal police joint forces and structure. AMSA have a lot of assets.
Again, no they don't. Perhaps you could list three or four?