Australia Plan BEERSHEBA, which was announced by Australian Government in November 2011 and re-affirmed in Defence White Paper 2013, is Army’s modernisation plan to maximise the armed forces effectiveness and provide the widest range of sustained and effective Land Force capability for directed requirements within assigned resources. The plan envisages transforming Austrialian forces from a […]

Thales has secured a Department of Defence contract to enter Low Rate Initial Production for the company’s innovative F90 assault rifle. “This is a major milestone in the F90 story,” said Kevin Wall, Vice President Armaments at Thales Australia. The engineering and development of Australia’s F90 has created a light, versatile weapon that has met […]

Minister for Defence Senator David Johnston today announced an Australian company had been awarded a multi‑million dollar contract to sustain Australia’s new Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) ships. Kellogg, Brown & Root Pty Ltd (KBR) has been awarded the key contract to provide Capability Support Coordinator (CSC) services for the LHDs over the next five years. […]

Thales Australia has pre-awarded a $5 million contract to RPC Technologies, an Australian specialist engineering company, to manufacture dashboard assemblies for the company’s new Hawkei vehicle. The work is conditional on Thales securing a long-term contract with the Department of Defence for Hawkei. It would be carried out at RPC’s manufacturing facilities in Geelong, Victoria, […]