StrikeMaster is being considered for land-based, long-range fires. (Photo: Thales)
The Australian Government is to decide between two options to provide land-based, long-range fires to protect Australia’s northern approaches.
The decision is set be a toss-up between the Precision Strike Missile fired from the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launcher vehicle and the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) fired from the StrikeMaster launcher vehicle.
The selection, which will be made next year through a competitive evaluation process, will build on a commitment made in the government’s 2024 National Defence Strategy which was part of a A$1 billion (US$648 million) investment.
It is part of a larger A$28–A$35 billion
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The new Bushmasters will be used by the Australian Army’s second long-range fires regiment, to be based at the Edinburgh Defence Precinct in South Australia as part of the 10th Fires Brigade.
The British Army’s Land Mobility Programme (LMP) has struggled to make it to competition but there are hopes progress will be made this year.
The aid stations are designed to be mounted onto trucks, such as the Rheinnetall HX family of vehicles, and will be in ballistic protected and unprotected versions.
The contract is for transmissions for the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center (JSMC) in Lima, Ohio for new tanks and overhaul and repair activities at Anniston Army Depot.
Jerusalem’s air defence capabilities procurement efforts will receive up to $190 million.
In the medium-term Lithuania has committed US$1.3 billion which includes Javelin ant-tank missiles, Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs), Black Hawk helicopters, missile systems and missiles.
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