• Neil Morrison (L), general manager, Milspec Manufacturing, and Reiner Ley, vice president (Procurement), Tactical Vehicles, Rheinmetall Defence. Credit: Rheinmetall Defence Australia
    Neil Morrison (L), general manager, Milspec Manufacturing, and Reiner Ley, vice president (Procurement), Tactical Vehicles, Rheinmetall Defence. Credit: Rheinmetall Defence Australia
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Rheinmetall Defence Australia (RDA) and Albury-based Milspec Manufacturing have announced their collaboration on the development of a highly sophisticated alternator designed for military vehicles, specifically the Boxer CRV for Land 400 Phase 2.

The alternator has been designed by the family-owned precision engineering company after two years of design and product development.

Milspec has been among SMEs who have presented to Rheinmetall Defence Australia and BAE Systems Australia as part of the Land 400 Phase 2 national roadshow facilitated by the Commonwealth over the past five weeks.

RDA managing director Andrew Fletcher said Milspec is a leading Australian producer of defence products that employs highly skilled engineers and exports its products globally.

“Milspec’s collaboration with Rheinmetall will enhance the battle proven BOXER CRV and allow it to operate more effectively across the full spectrum of combat operations,” he said.

RDA recently joined the Commonwealth of Australia’s Global Supply Chain program and Fletcher said this meant Milspec’s alternator would be among products and services contemplated for export to Rheinmetall operations globally.

Milspec Manufacturing general manager Neil Morrison said the alternator designed for the BOXER CRV provides a solution for modern military vehicles that rely on alternators to generate increasing volumes of power to meet the needs of modern C4I and other electrical systems.

“The Milspec 450 Water cooled permanent magnet alternator achieves this increased demand for power by providing up to 90 per cent of its designed power output capability at vehicle idle speed,” he said. “A secondary benefit of the Milspec 450 water-cooled unit is it is lighter and smaller than existing units on the market.”

The product development relationship between Rheinmetall and Milspec builds on previous collaboration between the companies under the Land 121 Phase 3B program. Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Australia is delivering more than 2,500 high performance logistics trucks to the Commonwealth under the program and Milspec is among key suppliers.

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