Land

The Army’s new Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles have made their first overseas deployment, accompanying personnel from various Defence and other Australian government agencies to the Indo-Pacific region on board HMAS Adelaide.

The US State Department has approved the potential sale of CH-47F helicopters and related equipment to the Republic of Korea for an estimated cost of US$1.5 billion (A$2.24 billion).

Textron's Bell has won the US Army’s competition to build the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA), set to replace the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter which has been in service for more than four decades.

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Enhancing littoral manoeuvre

The industry bids are in for the Commonwealth’s Land 8710 Phase 1 program to acquire a vessel for Army intended to provide both ship-to-shore connectivity and a means of manoeuvre and sustainment in the littoral and riverine environments.

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Army’s secret weapon

The snaking coastline of Australia’s northern border is one of the most isolated and exposed in the world; an open gate to illegal fishing, illegal arrivals, drug-running and other threats to national security.

Hanwha Aerospace has conducted a technology demonstration of the Arion-SMET unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) at Camp Humphreys, a US Army Garrison in South Korea, proving the vehicle’s mature robotic and unmanned technologies.

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Transforming long range fires

The first of Army’s Hanwha AS9 Huntsman SPHs is due to roll off the production line in Korea in the third quarter of 2025 and the first vehicle off Hanwha Defense Australia’s line at Avalon Airport near Geelong will follow a matter of weeks later.

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Land 400 in the spotlight

Both multi-billion dollar phases of the most expensive acquisition project in the history of the Australian Army are facing uncertainties in implementation.

The Australian Government confirmed today that it will consider the findings of the Defence Strategic Review before deciding on the tender for the Land 400 Phase 3 Infantry Fighting Vehicle project.

Penske Australia has signed a deed of agreement with Rheinmetall Defence Australia for the assembly of powerpacks for Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles.

Personnel from the Army’s 161 Reconnaissance Squadron, which operates the Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter, visited Singapore’s AH-64 Apache helicopter gunship squadron to learn more about the platform Australia will be acquiring in the future.

A new type of unmanned surveillance technology was used on Operation Resolute for the first time.

The New Zealand Army is seeking to replace its fleet of utility vehicles with a proven, in-service design, according to a Request for Proposal (RFP) released on November 3.

Hanwha Defense Australia (HDA) and Elbit Systems of Israel have agreed to support the Redback turret, built in Australia, for the global market.

Orbital Corporation has commenced the delivery of engine builds to Insitu Pacific, the team responsible for supplying the Australian Army with its next generation of tactical uncrewed aerial system (UAS) under Land 129 Phase 3.

Adelaide-based Supashock Defence Technologies and Rheinmetall have signed a contract to supply Missile Launch Pods (MLP) for export to a NATO allied partner.