Defence will invest $750 million to acquire 268 new generation Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles - Medium (PMV-M) for the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Thales Australia will build the Bushmasters at its Bendigo facility, continuing more than 20 years of production of…
Sydney based Thales Australia has integrated Dedrone by Axon into its Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle (PMV), adding a Counter-Uncrewed Aerial System (C-UAS) capability to the evolving Bushmaster design. Successful testing was completed near Thales Australia’s Bendigo facility, where the Bushmaster…
Thales Australia will build more than 40 Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles – Medium (PMV-M) in Bendigo, under a contract worth more than $100 million. These additional Bushmasters will be used by the Army’s second long-range fires regiment, 15 Regiment, to…
An Australian Stern Landing Vessel (SLV) designed by Gold Coast-based Sea Transport Pty Limited is positioning itself to act as the heavy lift component of the Australian Army’s greatly enhanced littoral manoeuvre capabilities under Project LAND8710 Ph.2. This will replace…
The Australian Army is thinking about fielding a new coastal defence battery under Project LAND 4100 Ph.2. The new battery would form part of Army’s new Fires Brigade which includes a Land Based Maritime Strike capability. Army is reported to…
Army has unveiled an ‘electric Bushmaster’ the electric Protected Military Vehicle (ePMV). The conversion was undertaken by NSW company 3ME technology who fitted a standard Bushmaster with a proprietary battery system and 375kW dual-drive motor in place of its existing…
Raytheon Australia will provide the Army’s Force level Electronic Warfare System (FLEWS) under Project LAND 555 Ph.6, valued at some $75 million. Under this project the FLEWS will be installed in modified Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles (PMV), said Minister for…