Australian soldiers could be driving a new high-tech, armour-plated vehicle on overseas battlefields by 2011. Defence contractor Thales has unveiled a new prototype in Canberra that could replace the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) will acquire at least 250 additional Bushmaster infantry mobility vehicles. The Bushmasters, ...

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 burly bush-basher, called Hawkei, will replace 1300 Land Rovers currently in use by the Australian military. Like the Bushmaster, which is named after a deadly pit viper, the newest ADF vehicle ...

Military weapons and equipment gifted by Coalition forces to the former government of Afghanistan are now in the hands of the Taliban. Among the hardware is likely to be some of an estimated 224,000 ...

An ADF Bushmaster (pictured above) provides protection as part of an Australian reconstruction task force convoy in southern Afghanistan. (Australian Department of Defence) Raytheon has secured a ...