Armatec Survivability Corporation and General Dynamics Land Systems - Australia will provide survivability enhancements and refurbishment to 113 Australian Light Armoured Vehicles.

The DMO has signed a $32 million contract with Saab AB for the lease of a Giraffe radar system for urgent deployment to Afghanistan as foreshadowed in the July edition of ADM.

The International Stabilisation Force and the Defence Cooperation Program have partnered with the East Timorese Defence Force and the US Navy to reconstruct a school in Dili.

Australia has deployed medical teams to Pakistan from RAAF Base Amberley, to provide health services to communities affected by the floods.

Health specialists and engineers from the US military and the ADF are forming the basis of a humanitarian assistance mission in East Timor.

Metal Storm has been awarded a major production contract to supply 500 MAUL weapons and 50,000 rounds of non-lethal ammunition.

BAE Systems, along with partners Navistar Defense and ArvinMeritor, has delivered three right-hand drive JLTV prototypes to Australia for durability testing that mutually supports both US and Australian interests.

General Dynamics Land Systems and AM General have delivered two Right-Hand Operation Joint Light Tactical Vehicles to the US government.

Force Protection has completed discussions with potential suppliers as it refines its Australian manufacturing plans for Land 121 Phase 4.

The protection of Australian forces in Afghanistan received a major boost in the 2010-2011 budget, but it would be wrong to assume that the majority of the $1.1 billion package represents new funding for Defence.

Nearly three years after the close of tenders to provide what was understood to be a Military Off The Shelf (MOTS) 40mm automatic grenade launcher, no preferred tenderer has been named and it’s not clear when this capability will enter service.

With the lightweight towed howitzer component of the Land 17 Artillery Replacement project ‘in the bag’ in the form of 35 M777A2s, and the possibility that the other element of the Army’s future indirect fire system, the self propelled artillery system, has been shelved for a while, we can now turn our attention to the means for their tactical control used by the forward observer (FO).

Thales Canada has signed an exclusive teaming agreement with DEW Engineering and Development ULC on the assembly of the Australian-designed Bushmaster for the Canadian Armed Forces’ 600-strong Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle (TAPV) program.

Thales Canada and DEW Engineering and Development will assemble the Bushmaster for the Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle Program in Canada.

Vehicles with more armour will be added to the technology development phase of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program before the end of the year.

The Government has given second pass approval for the upgrade of the Australian Light Armoured Vehicle under Project Land 112 Phase 4.