The build of 18 Land Craft Medium (LCM) for the Australian Army’s new littoral fleet is being accelerated. The $2 billion program, Project LAND 8710, will also deliver heavy landing craft as well as amphibious vehicles. The first of the…
Defence’s announcement that it would acquire six Large Optionally Crewed Surface Vessels (LOSV) took many observers, including this one, by surprise. Digging into the program, however, this is a more logical move than it may at first seem. First of…
The Group CEO of the biggest Australian-owned supplier of military munitions has laid out a detailed plan to mobilise the nation’s defence industrial base, emphasising “it’s time for urgency, optimism and action”. NIOA Group CEO Robert Nioa used a keynote…
The Group CEO of the biggest Australian-owned supplier of military munitions has laid out a detailed plan to mobilise the nation’s defence industrial base, emphasising “it’s time for urgency, optimism and action”. NIOA Group CEO Robert Nioa used a keynote…
Austal-built USS Savannah (LCS 28) has conducted a live-fire demonstration in the Eastern Pacific Ocean using a containerised launching system that fired an SM-6 missile from the ship at a designated target. It’s not clear whether this was an air…
Canberra-based Raytheon, Perth-based Austal and Melbourne-based BMT Group have announced that a heavy variant of the Independent Littoral Manoeuvre vessel (ILMV) they have developed for Phase 1 of project LAND 8710 will be offered for the forthcoming Phase 2. In…
Raytheon Australia has teamed with local defence industry leaders Austal and BMT to deliver the new Australian Independent Littoral Manoeuvre Vessel, or ILMV for the Australian Army. The project is reported to be worth around $800 million and will see…