Land

Defence and Australian industry will manufacture and deliver more than 15,000 Silvershield units to the Afghanistan National Defense and Security Forces this year.

Defence industry is being invited to put forward its business case for the first stage of the Deployable Force Infrastructure Project (Land 8140).

Ian Honnery, chief executive of Land Forces 2020 organiser AMDA, has said his organisation is dedicated to running the event as planned.

XTEK has received its first commercial order for its XTclave manufactured ballistic armour plates.

The number of anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) launchers to equip turreted Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles has been significantly reduced to save costs.

The British Ministry of Defence is set to open a competition to develop and demonstrate a number of novel technologies and techniques in the area of electronic countermeasures against improvised explosive devices.

Melbourne company SORD Australia has been awarded a $338,000 contract to develop a Concussion Reduction Helmet.

REDARC Defence Systems has been selected as a key partner to supply electro-mechanical components for Kongsberg sub-systems within the Australian NASAMS program.

The ADF’s Land 121 program, much like the vehicles it is acquiring, 
is a large project that has been rumbling on for well over a decade.

NZ Defence Minister Ron Mark has announced that Defence has signed a contract with Babcock NZ to replace the NZDF’s fixed high frequency (HF) radio capability.

An Australian company has been awarded a contract to build the seating frames for the Australian Army’s new Boxers.

IOC has been declared for Land 121 Phases 3B and 5B, the ADF's next-gen medium and heavy vehicle fleet.

The closure date for nominations for the Land 400 Phase 3 roadshow has increased by one week. The closing date is now Friday 21 February 2020.

The Australian Army and the wider ADF will acquire the Rafael Spike LR2 missile system as its Long Range Direct Fire Support Weapon capability.

Kongsberg has selected Sydney-based Eylex as the cable system provider for the ADF's Short Range Ground Based Air Defence capability being delivered under Project Land 19 Phase 7B.

The order is the third call-off from a framework contract signed in July 2017 encompassing over 2,200 military trucks.