The incoming Australian Army Hawkei vehicle has had its new C4I Integral Computing System (ICS) put to the test during a demonstration at the Monegeetta Proving Ground. The ICS will use a generic ...

The first batch of ten Hawkei protected vehicles has now been handed over to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) by Thales. The Australian government announced the programme milestone on 14 November.

The Australian Government has today confirmed that it has signed a deal to buy new infantry mobility vehicles for the Australian Defence Force (ADF). In a deal with French defence multinational Thales ...

The ‘Hawkei’ light PMV is a miniature version of the Bendigo built and battle tested Bushmaster armoured infantry vehicle that has saved dozens of lives in Afghanistan thanks to its hardened ‘V’ ...

The Ukrainian military has filmed a gushing video about Australia's high-tech vehicles as it desperately pleads with our nation's defence force to send its latest armoured car. Australian-made ...

Cost recovery claim in high court alleges failure to provide contractor with safe system of work The defence department is being sued for more than $500,000 over a claim a contractor was instructed to ...

A NEW generation of armoured vehicles to keep Australian soldiers safe will be built in Victoria after Bendigo-based Thales secured a $1.3 billion contract. The Hawkei vehicles will replace the ageing ...

AN ARMOURED military vehicle, which is supposed to protect troops in the heat of battle cannot be protected from a blown tyre. The ‘Hawkei’, which is designed to sustain direct hits from blast and ...

Bentleigh East-based company Cablex has reached an deal to manufacture and supply electrical wiring harnesses for the $1.3 billion production of the Hawkei military vehicle. The 7-tonne Hawkei, to be ...

The attorney general should not have redacted an audit report that was critical of a $1.3bn combat-vehicle deal with French firm Thales The federal government was wrong to suppress an audit report ...

UNDER this deal worth up to $8 million, Quickstep, which makes components for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, will manufacture carbon fibre bonnets, side skirts and mud guards for the ...