South Australian manufacturer Supashock announced a multi-million dollar export order for running gear suspension systems that drive Rheinmetall military vehicles in a major European defence contract. The Adelaide-based company has also been selected by Rheinmetall to design and supply missile launchers into Australia’s A$5.2 billion LAND 400 Phase 2 program, which is delivering 211 BOXER 8×8 Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles to the Australian Army. The value of this contract is A$9.95 million.
The A$12 million international order for 46 vehicle sets comes on the back of years of development and qualification work by Supashock’s Australian workforce to develop critical indigenous capability for Rheinmetall military vehicles that meet the requirements of the Australian Defence Force and armed forces around the world.
Supashock designs and manufactures advanced active and passive suspension mobility and motion systems to meet the needs of a variety of defence vehicles and missions. Founder and Managing Director Oscar Fiorinotto has built the company on the design and manufacture of mobility systems technology for defence vehicles, high performance Automotive OEMs, High End Global Motorsport, and active systems for Autonomous and E-mobility vehicle programs.
“Our suspension and running gear system takes advanced manufacturing for vehicle production into new territory for an Australian company,” Fiorinotto said. “Each suspension and running gear system developed for these military vehicles is an example of how our team of highly skilled engineers is developing future capability that will perform in combat for Rheinmetall customers around the world.”
Supashock’s advanced suspension and running gear for the military vehicles can meet the demanding mobility requirements of customers around the globe. The systems that will be supplied for the international customer comprise telescopic dampers, bump stops, support rollers, road wheel arms and a new hydraulic track tensioner. Supashock designed and developed the high capability suspension system at its dedicated design, testing and manufacturing facilities in Adelaide while extensive testing has taken place on in-house lifecycle test rigs and on vehicle testing at Rheinmetall’s Trier proving ground in southwest Germany.
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