Two additional CH-47F Chinook helicopters will arrive at RAAF Base Townsville today after an expedited sale from the United States Government.

The two companies vying for the program - Rheinmetall Defence Australia and Hanwha Defense Australia - have been told to resubmit their bids for 300 vehicles instead of the original 450.

Elbit Systems and Hanwha Defense have confirmed their cooepration on the Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV), which is on show at Eurosatory in Paris.

Hanwha Defense will be working with Australia’s Bisalloy for the steel involved in the $1.7 billion Egyptian K9 artillery program.

The Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV), developed by Hanwha Defense, has demonstrated its performance during a media invitation event held on May 27 at a Republic of Korea (ROK) Army unit.

Army’s $37 million program of leasing civilian helicopters to mitigate aircrew currency issues caused by the lower than planned availability of its operational helicopter fleet is paying dividends.

The Australian Army is seeking to acquire the Lockheed Martin M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) under a US$385 million deal.

Thomas Global Systems has been selected as the Prime System Integrator for the Australian Army’s M1A2 Abrams Immersive Tactical Trainer.

The Request for Tender (RFT) for a new landing craft to replace the Army’s venerable LCM-8 closes in mid-June, and industry comments on what is being requested range from ‘very ambitious’ and ‘incredibly versatile’ to ‘unique’.

Navantia Australia and UGL have formally announced a teaming arrangement to bid for Defence’s Land 8710 Phase 1 (Littoral Manoeuvre Vessel – Medium) program.

Electro Optic Systems (EOS) today marked the official Australian launch of its R400 Marine (R400-M) remote weapon station (RWS) at a special event held at the INDO PACIFIC 2022 International Maritime Exposition.

Civmec and Serco have teamed in pursuit of the Land 8710 Phase 1A program, for which they are offering the new ‘Oboe’ Littoral Manoeuvre Vessel Medium (LMV-M).

If selected to deliver the Army’s Land 8710-1A program, Raytheon Australia will lead the team to deliver the BMT-designed vessel, which will be built by Austal at the Henderson shipyard in Western Australia.

Specifically, the question being asked of Army’s future armour – whether an IFV or a Boxer or a tank – is whether the cost of those programs is worth their deterrent value in the Pacific.

Hanwha is building a specialist armoured vehicle production facility on a 15-hectare site at Avalon Airport in the Greater Geelong precinct some 60 kilometres west of Melbourne’s CBD.

Advanced Navigation’s inertial navigation systems will be used in the upgrade of Sweden’s fleet of CV90 tracked vehicles.