General Dynamics has recently conducted a supplier survey to determine the capability and capacity of Australian industry to provide a Family of Vehicles that will satisfy the Australian Defence Force requirement for a Protected Mobility Vehicle (Light).  

 

Greg Combet, Minister of Defence Materiel and Science, announced today the preferred tenderer to sustain the Australian Army's most important armoured fighting vehicles.

Australian manufacturers will be given a chance to win a contract worth more than $1 billion for the manufacture of the next generation of protected mobility vehicles, Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Materiel and Science, announced today.

 ADELAIDE, SA, Australia – General Dynamics Land Systems-Australia is among three Australian manufacturers to be given a chance to compete for a contract called Land 121 Ph4, potentially worth more than $1 billion, for the manufacture of the next generation of protected mobility vehicles for the Australian Defence Force. Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Materiel and Science, recently announced, “Three Australian-based companies will be awarded up to $9 million each for the development of protected mobility vehicle prototypes, putting them in the running to land a manufacturing contract for up to 1300 vehicles.”

ADELAIDE, SA, Australia – General Dynamics Land Systems-Australia today delivered two EAGLE 4x4 Light Protected Vehicles to the Army Proving Ground at Monegeetta in Victoria in support of the Australian Army’s LAND 121 requirement for a deployable, light-protected vehicle fleet.

General Dynamics vehicle 'EAGLE' has been shortlisted for the Land 121 Phase 4 program.

ADELAIDE, SA, Australia – General Dynamics Land Systems-Australia (GDLS-A), a business unit of General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada in London, Ontario, received a five year, AU$44.8m Through Life Support contract today. The contract also includes a one year phase-in period.

 ADELAIDE, SA, Australia – The General Dynamics Land Systems LAV II Double-V Hull demonstrator vehicle displayed at Land Warfare Conference 2012 is the product of a company-sponsored research and development initiative to address systems obsolescence and provide a package of capability upgrades. 

 ADELAIDE, SA, Australia –General Dynamics Land Systems-Australia has been producing LAV 25 turrets for domestic and export use since 2001. At Land Warfare Conference 2012, General Dynamics is displaying a two-man 25mm turret shell manufactured by Australians, using Australian material.

ADELAIDE, SA, Australia – General Dynamics Land Systems–Australia displayed the current Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV) and Light Armoured Vehicle II (LAV II) Double-V Hull demonstrator vehicle at Techport, South Australia.

 Visit by Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State