Supacat Team Australia submitted its bid to the Defence Material Office (DMO) for the JP2097 Ph 1B (REDFIN) program, offering the Special Forces HMT Extenda vehicle.
The REDFIN 1B vehicle shares commonality with the Nary HMT fleet, which Supacat delivered to the DMO in October 2009.
Supacat is already a supplier to the DMO and the UK Ministry of Defence for whom it has delivered over 500 HMT Jackal and Coyote vehicles into service in Afghanistan.
Supacat has selected and signed MOUs with Australian suppliers to form Supacat Team Australia.
Supacat’s Global Support Solution is already supporting in-service vehicles in Australia and will be expanded to support the REDFIN Ph 1B fleet.
Designed for use by Special Forces, the HMT Extenda is convertible to either a 4x4 or 6x6 configuration to meet different operational requirements by inserting or removing a self-contained third axle unit.
Like other HMT series platforms, the HMT Extenda can be supplied with optional mine blast and ballistic protection kits and with a variety of mission hampers, weapons, communications, ISTAR and force protection equipment.