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Tectonica Australia has won a $25 million contract to provide sophisticated camera technology aimed at boosting safety for the Army’s Boxer armoured vehicles.
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The announcement comes as the latest in a suite of locally-awarded contracts for the Boxer build, delivering on Australia's next generation of combat reconnaissance vehicles (CRVs).
The Block II 8x8 Boxer vehicles are currently being assembled for the Australian Army at Rheinmetall’s Military Vehicle Centre of Excellence in Queensland, with Rheinmetall Defence Australia scheduled to deliver 211 Boxer 8x8 CRVs to replace Army’s Australian Light Armoured Vehicles under the LAND 400 Phase 2 Mounted Combat Reconnaissance Capability project.
Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price said that the Local Situational Awareness System "will provide vehicle crew and operators with improved situational awareness by day and by night".
The minister added that the investment in this sovereign capability comes as a reaffirmation of commitment to the creation of long-term jobs and opportunities for businesses in the defence industry.
"The expertise and quality of Australia’s defence industry will ensure the Australian Defence Force is supplied with a world-leading capability,” she added.
“For these Australian companies, the real potential here is their relationship with Rheinmetall and the ongoing opportunities to partner with them for their projects both here and in Europe.”
Three other Australian businesses – Sydney-based GPC Electronics, Adelaide-based Century Manufacturing and Yerriyong-based Air Affairs Australia – will share in $8 million worth of work to provide the processing and storage components for high performance computing and network devices.
These devices, known as Tactical Edge Servers, are designed and developed by Brisbane-based Boeing Defence Australia.
“This world-class technology is locally designed, produced and maintained by Australian companies, and will be serviced through a local supply chain,” Minister Price said.
Tactical Edge Servers have been successfully tested in some of the most demanding conditions, and are ideally suited to withstand the hostile environment and combat conditions the Boxer 8x8 CRVs may encounter.
