Varley Rafael Australia has been contracted by the Commonwealth to deliver Spike LR2 missiles for integration and acceptance testing for the Boxer CRVs and the preferred Land 400 Phase 3 IFVs.

The first batch of K9 Thunder Self-Propelled Howitzers (SPHs) for Poland were rolled out as Warsaw also entered into a framework contract for the delivery of 288 K239 Chunmoo Multiple Rocket Launcher Systems (MRLS).

ADM understands Supacat is eying the New Zealand Army’s Protected Mobility Capability Project (PMCP) utility requirement as an opportunity for its new High Mobility Transporter-Utility (HMT-U) vehicle.

Rheinmetall has delivered the first of 218 Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicles to the Hungarian armed forces, with an export contract for Australian-made Lance turrets to be included in the program.

The Boxer combat reconnaissance vehicle has reached Initial Operational Capability on schedule under Project Land 400 Phase 2.

Lightforce Group’s defence arm Force Ordnance has been selected to provide its Nightforce precision rifle scopes to the ADF as part of the Sniper Systems component of the Land 159 Lethality Systems Project Tranche 1.

The Australian Army has used the Javelin anti-tank guided missile since Iraq, but it’s set to make way for the Israeli Spike ATGM in Australian service. Yet Javelin’s manufacturer Lockheed Martin hasn’t lost hope Australia could reconsider.

The deed brings together both organisations to work on Medium Heavy Capability services for logistic vehicles as part of the Land 121 program.

Two Victorian companies, Mackay Consolidated Industries and Able Industries Engineering, will manufacture components for the Redback IFV's composite rubber track system should it be selected for service.

Lockheed Martin has received a contract for Australia’s Gen III Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Systems (TADS/PNVS) components and hardware for the ADF's new Apache attack helicopter fleet.

3D printing has advanced to the stage where components of different metals can be rapidly produced in deployable printers, such as that made by Melbourne company SPEE3D and displayed at the 2022 Land Forces Conference in Brisbane.

NIOA has reached a new distribution agreement with Junghans Defence to supply next-generation fuzes for the Australian Army’s 155mm munitions.

Australian soldiers are to be equipped with new and modern weapons including a pair of sniper rifles, a new shotgun plus a new handgun to replace the elderly Browning self-loading pistol which entered Australian service in 1964.

Boeing Defence Australia has completed the final deliverables of the Currawong integrated battlefield telecommunications network.

Leonardo has received a contract from the United States Army to provide thermal Integrated Vision Systems for Assault Breacher Vehicles (ABV) for the ADF in a $9.6 million FMS contract.

Hanwha Defense Australia has signed a $5 million contract with Safran for the supply of 32 MINEO Direct Fire Support Systems for the Land 8116 Protected Mobile Fires program.