Canberra defence manufacturer Electro Optic Systems is in the box seat to be a major local supplier in the construction of Hanwha Defense Australia Redback infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) to be built in Geelong. In a $5 billion plus deal just announced, EOS along with local manufacturers armour steel manufacturer Bisalloy and heavy equipment manufacturer…
Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy has told ABC TV that the Hanwha Defense Australia Redback infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) to be built in Geelong will have around ’60 per cent local content’. Responding to questions from Greg Jennett, he said the outcome of the $5 billion plus order was a ‘great day for Aussie manufacturing’.…
The federal government has announced that it has selected Hanwha Defense Australia as the preferred tenderer to deliver 129 infantry fighting vehicles to the Australian Army. The Government has also decided that the new vehicles will be built in Australia at Hanwha’s facilities now under construction at Avalon airport in Geelong, Victoria. Conroy said the…
South Korean legislators have called for closer cooperation on defence industry in a session at the ROK National Assembly attended by Australia’s ambassador to Korea Catherine Raper and Labor MP Jerome Laxale. Professor Kim Woosang, Professor of Political Science and Diplomacy at Yonsei University in Seoul, called for the establishment of a robust defense, industry…