Bendigo-based Thales Australia signs a contract to build another order of 78 troop-carrying and command vehicles for the Australian Army
A Bushmaster bound for Ukraine waits to be loaded onto a C-17A Globemaster at RAAF Base Amberley.abc.net.au/news/bushmaster-defence-thales-australian-army-bendigo-hawkei-ukraine/102355532The federal government has announced a $160 million dollar contract for Bendigo defence manufacturer Thales Australia to build another order of Bushmaster protected vehicles for the Australian Army.
The contract, for the manufacture of 78 new troop-carrying and command vehicles over the next 18 months, was signed at Thales Australia's Bendigo facility today. "More than 1,200 Bushmasters have already been manufactured at our Bendigo facility," Thales Australia chief executive Jeff Connolly said. "As well as proving to be a life-saving vehicle for the Australian Army, they have been exported to eight nations including the Netherlands, UK, Fiji, Jamaica, New Zealand, and Indonesia."Thales Australia is well-known globally for its Bushmaster, and now Hawkei, protected military vehicles as Ukraine uses the former in its war against Russia.
Australia's Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy joined Thales Australia executives in Bendigo to sign the $160 million contract.
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