Australia’s largest weapons fair opens amid fresh doubts over multi-billion-dollar army project

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Australia’s largest weapons fair opens amid fresh doubts over multi-billion-dollar army project
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Growing uncertainty over the army's most expensive procurement project on record will be in sharp focus as Australia's largest weapons expo, Land Forces 22, begins in Brisbane on Tuesday.

A decision on the winning design for up to 450 new infantry fighting vehicles to replace the army's 60-year-old armoured personnel carriers has again been delayed

Discussion on the future of the multi-billion dollar procurement is expected to dominate the Land Forces conference in Brisbane Last week, the army's head of armoured vehicles Major General Jason Blain informed German and Korean companies vying for the LAND 400 Phase 3 contract, worth $18-$27 billion, that government consideration of the project was still not imminent.

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