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Rheinmetall’s Lynx KF41 Infantry Fighting Vehicle. Photo supplied.
Australian Europe News 

UK-based Cook Defence Systems to supply Lynx tracks

27/05/202127/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2287 Views 0 Comments

Cook Defence Systems was selected to provide tracks for Rheinmetall’s Lynx KF41 for the Australian Army in its bid for LAND 400 Phase 3.

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Lynx KF41 in a European setting. Image supplied.
Australian News Sovereign industry 

Albury company wins international Lynx contract

26/02/202126/02/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1670 Views 0 Comments

Albury-based Milspec Manufacturing announced today that it has secured a contract with Rheinmetall to manufacture advanced alternators for a foreign

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Rheinmetall Lynx in AusCam colour scheme
Australian News Science & Technology 

Marand Precision Engineering joins Team Lynx

02/02/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1665 Views 0 Comments

Marand Precision Engineering has joined Rheinmetall’s Team Lynx for the LAND 400 Phase 3 infantry fighting vehicle program.

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Australian News Science & Technology 

Veteran-owned TacMed joins Team Lynx

28/01/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2394 Views 0 Comments

TacMed announced it has formed a partnership with Rheinmetall to develop a Lynx KF 41 ambulance variant to be offered in Land 400 Phase 3.

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Craig Ramsay and Nick Stokesfrom Defcon Technologies, with Lee Davis, Land 400 Phase 3 and Gary Stewart from Rheinmetall at a Team Lynx event. Photo supplied.
Australian Australian Army News Science & Technology 

Defcon Technologies joins Team Lynx

20/01/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1319 Views 0 Comments

Canberra-based Defcon Technologies Group have joined as intercom supplier for Rheinmetall’s Team Lynx for LAND 400 Phase 3.

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Minecorp Australia General Manager Angus McIntyre, Rheinmetall Defence Australia General Manager Land 400 Phase 3 Lee Davis and RDA Managing Director Gary Stewart with one of three Lynx now in Australia for assessment. Photo supplied.
Australian Australian Army News Science & Technology 

Minecorp joins Team Lynx for Army’s biggest project

11/01/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1957 Views 0 Comments

Minecorp has joined ‘Team Lynx’ in support of Rheinmetall, offering the Lynx KF41 infantry fighting vehicle for Project LAND 400 Phase 3.

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Lynx by Rheinmetall
News Overseas Science & Technology USA 

Raytheon and Rheinmetall to build Lynx in USA

01/10/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2119 Views 0 Comments

Raytheon and Rheinmetall have established a joint venture to offer the Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle for the US Army’s Optionally Manned

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Lynx IFV – Rheinmetall Defence photo.
News Overseas Science & Technology USA 

Raytheon and Rheinmetall enter Lynx for US Army’s Bradley replacement

09/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6777 Views 0 Comments Bradley fighting vehicle, Lynx infantry fighting vehicle

Raytheon and Rheinmetall have joined forces to compete in the US Army’s requirement for the Next-Generation Combat Vehicle-Optionally Manned Fighting

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Rheinmetall Lynx in AusCam colour scheme
News Overseas Science & Technology 

Rheinmetall unveils ‘Aussie’ Lynx in Paris

16/06/201616/06/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7404 Views 1 Comment infantry fighting vehicle, Kettenfahrzeug, Land 400, Lynx, Rheinmetall

At Eurosatory 2016 – a major defence exhibition in Paris, France – Rheinmetall of Germany unveiled its new Lynx infantry

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Rheinmetall's KF41 Lynx, left, and Hanwha's Redback, dwarf the M113 APC one of them will replace. Defence image.
Australian Army News 

M113 replacement decision officially postponed

25/11/202225/11/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 12741 Views 25 Comments LAND 400 Phase 3

The decision as to which infantry fighting vehicle currently under consideration by the Australian Army should replace M113 has been

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Displays at the 2022 Land Forces expo in the Brisbane Convention Centre. Story and photo by Warrant Officer Class Two Max Bree.
Australian Army News Sovereign industry 

Autonomous systems on display at expo

14/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1034 Views 0 Comments Land Forces Conference

Everything from cannons to missiles, and vehicles to simulation systems were on display at Land Forces 2022. CAPTION: Displays at

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The Hanwha Defense Australia Redback, left, and the Rheinmetall Defence Australia KF-41 Lynx next to HMAS Adelaide at HMAS Kuttabul. Photo by Able Seaman Benjamin Ricketts.
News Royal Australian Navy Sovereign industry Videos 

Sea legs of infantry fighting vehicles tested

07/12/202107/12/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2087 Views 1 Comment

The two vehicles under consideration for Australia’s multi-billion dollar infantry fighting vehicle project have undergone sea transportability trials on Sydney

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Rheinmetall's KF41 Lynx, left, and Hanwha's Redback, dwarf the M113 APC one of them will replace. Defence image.
ADF News Science & Technology 

LAND 400 Ph3 risk assessment complete

30/10/202129/10/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4143 Views 5 Comments

The two-year Risk Mitigation Activity for the Australian Army’s future infantry fighting vehicle was concluded recently.

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Australian Army News Sovereign industry 

Rheinmetall submits best-and-final LAND400 offer – no details released

21/10/202121/10/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1655 Views 0 Comments

Rheinmetall has submitted the company’s Lynx infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) best and final offer for the Australian Department of Defence

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Royal Malaysian Navy Super Lynx and RAN MH-60R helicopters perform deck landing exercises on board HMAS Canberra as part of the Malaysia-Australia Training Exercise. Story by Captain Peter March. Photo by Petty Officer Christopher Szumlanski.
Asia News Royal Australian Navy 

Exercise hones maritime warfighting skills

10/09/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 995 Views 0 Comments Indo-Pacific Endeavour

Ships deployed on Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2021 (IPE21) took part in the biennial maritime Malaysia-Australia Exercise (MASTEX) while transiting through Southeast

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Hanwha Defense Australia Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicle (front) and Rheinmetall Defence Australia LYNX KF41 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (back), conduct LAND 400 Phase 3 user evaluation trials at Puckapunyal Military Area, Victoria. Photo by Corporal Sagi Biderman. 
Australian Army News Sovereign industry Videos 

Next-generation vehicles show their firepower

06/08/202107/08/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2942 Views 1 Comment

The two contender vehicles for Australia’s soon-to-be-selected infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) (LAND 400 Phase 3 project) recently conducted a firepower

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MQ-9 Reaper. US Air Force photo.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

Australia’s MQ-9B purchase cleared by US government

01/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3066 Views 0 Comments

The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Australia of MQ-9B remotely piloted

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Rheinmetall's KF41 Lynx, left, and Hanwha's Redback, dwarf the M113 APC one of them will replace. Defence image.
Australian Army News Videos 

M113-replacement contenders unveiled

12/03/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 8291 Views 8 Comments LAND 400 Phase 3

Both contenders for the largest acquisition project in the history of the Australian Army were officially unveiled in Canberra today.

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The Hanwha Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicle, above, and the Rheinmetall Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle, below, have been delivered to Defence to support test and evaluation activities conducted as part of the Land 400 Phase 3 Risk Mitigation Activity.
Australian Army News Sovereign industry 

Prototype vehicles arrive for assessment

03/03/202120/05/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1501 Views 0 Comments

Six prototype infantry fighting vehicles are now in Australia to begin testing for the Land 400 Phase 3 program. CAPTION:

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Lynx KF41 in Australia for risk mitigation testing. Photo supplied by Rheinmetall.
Australian Army News Science & Technology 

Queensland government backs Rheinmetall LAND 400 Phase 3 bid

15/02/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2814 Views 0 Comments LAND 400 Phase 3

Rheinmetall has secured Queensland government support in its bid to win the $20-odd-billion LAND 400 Phase 3 IFV program.

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