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MILITARY VEHICLE NEWS

March 25, 2009 by

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24 Mar 09. Counter-IED variant gives Thales’s Bushmaster extra edge. A new variant of the Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle is currently being delivered from Thales’s Bendigo facility, destined for Dutch forces operating in the Oruzgan province, Afghanistan. The nine vehicles are equipped with an interrogation arm designed to help crews uncover,
investigate and examine suspect items such as Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from within the Bushmaster. Each arm is fitted with a camera and metal detector to assist in this activity. The result of a request from the Netherlands Ministry of Defence, the new variant demonstrates Thales’s extensive systems integration expertise in Bendigo, as well as the flexibility of the Bushmaster as a platform for new capabilities. When delivered, the company will have supplied 58 Bushmasters to the Netherlands. Chris Jenkins, Thales Australia’s Managing Director, said the increasing threats posed by IEDs were a driving factor in technological innovation. “The Bushmaster’s flexibility allows us to incorporate new capabilities and systems, which offer troops increased levels of protection as they carry out their duties.
“We are very pleased to deliver this solution to the Dutch military, and welcome their close collaboration in designing, testing and manufacturing the new Bushmaster capability. “Thales is the only company with the capacity to design and manufacture world leading protected mobility vehicles. “We are very proud of the contribution to defence force safety by this unrivalled local expertise gained over many years of hard work, with many highly skilled employees creating what is a unique centre of excellence in regional Victoria in Australia.”

16 Mar 09. Belarus develops new family of military trucks. Minsk Wheeled Tractor Plant has completed development of a three-axled prototype of a new family of modular military trucks, known as MZKT-6001. The family of vehicles was designed to maximise commonality across chassis configurations ranging from 4×4 (MZKT-5001), through 6×6 and 8×8 (MZKT-6002) to 10×10 (MZKT-6003), looking to meet Belarus’s truck requirements up to 2018. (Source: Jane’s, IDR)

13 Mar 09. Saudi Arabia details indigenous LAVs . Saudi Arabia has begun marketing two of its latest 4×4 light armoured vehicles (LAVs), Al Shibl 1 and Al Shibl 2 (Lion Cub) to potential Middle Eastern customers. The vehicles are designed and built by the Armoured Vehicles & Heavy Equipment Factory (AVF) – one of the country’s Military Industries Corporation companies – and are already operational with the Saudi Ministry of Defence and Aviation. (Source: Jane’s, IDR)

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