Now under test and evaluation are the prototype vehicles of the three contenders for the Land 121 Phase 4 Manufactured and Supported in Australia option.

The DMO has cancelled Land 40 Phase 2 - 40mm Light Weight Automatic Grenade Launcher (LWAGL), three years after tenders closed.

Ballistic plates for combat body armour to protect Australian troops can now be made in Australia thanks to the development of new manufacturing technology.

The three Manufactured and Support in Australia (MSA) option contenders for Project Land 121 Ph 4 have delivered two prototype Protected Mobility Vehicles (Light) each to Defence for testing at Monegeetta.

The Australian Defence Force's Counter-Rocket Artillery and Mortar system continues to prove itself since beginning operations December 2010.

The US Marine Corps plans to recapitalise between 3,400 and 4,000 of its humvees to bridge the gap between the current fleet and the increasingly distant Joint Light Tactical Vehicle.

General Dynamics Land Systems-Australia has delivered two EAGLE 4x4 Light Protected Vehicles to the Australian Army Proving Ground at Monegeetta in Victoria

Force Protection revealed its new open special forces variant of Ocelot at the IDEX defence exhibition in Abu Dhabi.

In the eight months since ADM last reported on project Land 40 Ph.2 nothing seems to have happened – astonishingly, considering the ADF is heavily engaged in Afghanistan and its casualty count is growing.

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The issue of air filtration in combat vehicles may not be a priority for commanders in the midst of warfare, but the consequences of an inadequate air filter are extensive.

The UK Army’s latest combat vehicle has made its operational debut in Afghanistan fitted with an Australian made protected weapon station.

While there are so many good vehicles to choose from, the platform element of Land 400 is in many ways the least important.

While there are so many good vehicles to choose from, the platform element of Land 400 is in many ways the least important.

Speculation that the selection of a protected 155 mm 52 calibre self-propelled howitzer (SPH) for Army might face further delays or even be dropped appears to have been misplaced, with Defence confirming a submission will go to government this year.

With the 59 M1A1SA main battle tanks of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps now entering their fifth year in service, the first formal confirmation that a major mid-life upgrade is under consideration appeared in the December Update to the Defence Capability Plan.