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Australia secures F-35 component repair work
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Australian industry stands to benefit from the US Department of Defense’s assignment of the first component repair responsibilities outside the continental US for the F-35 Lightning II. From 2021 to 2025, three of the first 65 components have been assigned to Australia to undertake repairs on a global basis for all F-35s around the world, with the UK assigned 48 components and the Netherlands assigned 14. Then from 2025 onwards, Australia has been handed responsibility for 64 of these 65 components in the Pacific region, leaving a single component assigned to South Korea for repair regionally. Stahl Metall Engineering is...
Land 53 Phase 1BR - Night Fighting Equipment replacements has been approved.
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Contracts worth $307 million have been signed with L-3 Oceania, which will see the ADF supplied with the latest night vision goggles, helmet mounts, head harnesses and laser aiming devices with ongoing support also part of the deal. Land 53 is a multi-phased project intended to provide a suite of night fighting equipment (NFE), surveillance and target acquisition systems. This includes perimeter surveillance equipment, NFE, ground surveillance radar and thermal surveillance systems that provide land forces with detection, recognition and identification capabilities under various battlefield conditions. Integration and interoperability linkages exist with other projects delivering elements of the soldier system, surveillance...