LAND 400 MEANS MORE JOBS FOR MELBOURNE’S NORTH
LAND 400 MEANS MORE JOBS FOR MELBOURNE’S NORTHThe Andrews Labor Government is continuing its fight to secure the LAND 400 military vehicle contract which would create new highly-skilled jobs for the defence supply chain in Melbourne’s north.Member for Broadmeadows...
Rheinmetall unveils new version of fast-acting smoke/obscurant
Rheinmetall has developed a new version of its tried-and-tested, highly effective Maske smoke/obscurant grenade.Like other smoke/obscurant grenades of the Maske family, the Maske 81mm is based on a bimodular, bi-spectral ammunition concept. It consists of a fast-acting decoy module...
C4 EDGE prototype comms system undergoes trials
A group of 31 Australian small-to-medium sized businesses has successfully trialled a prototype mobile tactical communications system for the Australian Army. Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price said the $35 million C4 EDGE initiative had demonstrated Australian industry’s ability...
Land 121 Phase 3 Shortlist
LAND 121 Phase 3...And then there were threeThe next stage of LAND 121 Phase 3 has commenced with the down select of three vehicle types now remaining for further trials. As a project it sets the...
LAND 121 Phase 3B
LAND 121 Phase 3B
Truck contract – is this finally the end?Byline: Kym Bergmann / CanberraOne of the most drawn out evaluations in the history of Australian defence acquisitions reached a merciful climax on July 23 with contract signatures in...
Hanwha deal to bolster Australia’s defence capabilities in Indo-Pacific amid China’s growing influence
Following the news that Australia has selected Hanwha Defense’s AS21 Redback infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), Kandlikar Venkatesh, a defence analyst at GlobalData, a data and analytics company, offers his view:“The procurement of AS21 Redback IFVs aimed at replacing the...
Thales and Army HQ to jointly develop Close Combat Family of Weapons
Thales and Army Headquarters have started jointly researching, developing and designing options for the next generation Close Combat Family of Weapons.To support Army’s emerging requirements this will include the next generation close combatant assault rifle, light machine gun and...
Rheinmetall supplying L58 extended range charge tech to US Army
Rheinmetall will supply its latest artillery propellant charge technology to the US Army. American Rheinmetall Munitions Inc., located in Stafford, VA, is on contract to prototype an artillery extended range charge (ERC) for firing munitions out of a L58...
Hanwha selects new armoured vehicle manufacturing site at Avalon in Greater Geelong
Hanwha Defense Australia has announced the site of its new Australian military vehicle production facility. The company will construct a new facility on a 20-hectare site at Avalon Airport in the Greater Geelong precinct some 60km west of Melbourne’s...
Army establishes RICO to continue exploration of disruptive technology
The Australian Army has said that it has established an office to increase its adoption of disruptive technologies, in an effort to build on the momentum of Army’s previous efforts with these technologies last year.Residing within the Future Land...
