VRA has committed to produce the SPIKE guided weapon system to the Australian Army for its Long Range Direct Fire Support Weapon and for Phase 2 and 3 of the LAND 400 program.

VRA noted that its SPIKE system is already in use by six countries, with an extensive Transfer of Technology (ToT) program enabling Australian industry to move into domestic guided missile production and comprehensive in service support.

The company also hopes to use its ToT program to support the sovereign production of guided munitions, and has begun the process of consultation with other Australia-based defence manufacturers.

[Related: Bundeswehr to onboard Rafael Active Protection System]

Liam Garman

Editor – Defence and Security, Momentum Media

Liam began his career as a speech writer at New South Wales Parliament before working for world leading campaigns and research agencies in Sydney and Auckland. Throughout his career, Liam has managed and executed international media and communications campaigns spanning politics, business, industrial relations and infrastructure. He’s since shifted his attention to researching and writing extensively on geopolitics and defence. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney and a Masters in Strategy and Security with Excellence from UNSW Canberra, with a thesis on post-truth, postmodernism and disinformation operations.

 

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