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The Australian Government will purchase 1100 locally built Hawkei protected vehicles and over 1000 trailers to strengthen our defence force. Under a $1.3 billion agreement, the vehicles will be manufactured at Thales Australia’s production line in Bendigo, creating 170 jobs there and another 60 jobs in Victoria. The Hawkei will improve ...

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Defence has signed a significant contract for an upgrade to the next generation of military communications for the Australian Defence Force. This contract with Boeing Defence Australia is a critical milestone in achieving a modern and networked Army, and is expected to create around 250 new jobs across Australia in the defence industry sector. ...

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This year's Australian International Airshow has delivered a multi-million dollar economic and tourist bonanza. The figures are detailed in a report prepared by the National Institute of Economic and Industry Research in the months following last February's event. Victoria received a gross economic benefit of $146.2 million and househ...

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Lockheed Martin Corp has agreed to buy United Technologies Corp's Sikorsky Aircraft for over $8 billion, two sources said on Sunday, cementing a deal that would confirm Lockheed's dominance in weapons making and giving the Black Hawk helicopter to the maker of the F-35 fighter jet. The deal will add further heft to Lockheed, which alread...

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DCNS will propose the world’s most advanced conventionally powered submarine – named the Shortfin Barracuda Block 1A – as its pre-concept design for Australia’s future submarine Competitive Evaluation Process (CEP). The submarine takes its name from the Shortfin Barracuda, an indigenous species of the Barracuda found in A...

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A dozen life-saving Bushmasters are going into production in Bendigo for export to the Netherlands, after the country’s Ministry of Defence ordered new vehicles from Thales in Australia. The vehicles will complement the 86 Bushmasters previously purchased by the Dutch customer between 2006 and 2009, and will be delivered by the middle o...

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The Australian division of European aerospace company Airbus has confirmed it is buying Air New Zealand's subsidiary Safe Air. Last week the Business Herald revealed Airbus Group Australia Pacific was in the running to buy the business which does maintenance and engineering for a number of military and commercial customers, including the Roy...

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Following recent news on the withdrawal on the Boeing-Iveco bid for Land 400 Phase 2 comes news of the decision by Raytheon-Nexter bid to follow suit. On the other hand, it is all but confirmed that a joint bid comprising Elbit Systems and Singapore's St Kinetics will be throwing their hat into the ring before the tender deadline expires on 6th...

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SA Premier Jay Weatherill has used the launch of the first Air Warfare Destroyer to push South Australia's credentials to build the next generation of submarines. The first of three ships being built as part of the Federal Government's Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) program, the HMAS Hobart, has been launched, with thousands of workers atte...

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The Government has finalised a forensic audit to quantify the level of cost and schedule overruns in the Air Warfare Destroyer Project. The most reliable estimates now suggest that the project will require an additional $1.2 billion to be completed, which will have to be funded at the expense of other Defence acquisitions. Delivery of the thr...