Dec 30, 2020
2020 was a big year for Defence and defence
industry, with major projects kicking off across the three
branches. In this top five, we will cover the most popular Land
domain stories of the year.
While much of the attention was on both the
Navy and Air Force due to the arrival of a growing number of F-35
Joint Strike Fighters for the Royal Australian Air Force, progress
on the SEA 1000 Attack Class submarines and SEA 5000 Hunter Class
frigates – Army has operated largely under the radar, despite major
modernisation updates.
2020 has seen a resurgence of focus on Army's increasing number of
modernisation and capability enhancements – with progress made on
the $5.2 billion LAND 400 Phase 2 and the $10-15 billion LAND 400
Phase 3 programs.
The Army has also seen progress made on the LAND 19
Short Range Ground Base Air Defence and LAND 4503 Armed
Reconnaissance Helicopter replacement and the LAND 8116 Protected
Mobile Fires self-propelled artillery gun programs, and the federal
government used the 2020 Defence Strategic Update and
supporting Force Structure Plan to support the development and
lethality of the Australian Army.
In this podcast, hosts Phil Tarrant and Steve Kuper discuss the
biggest headlines that made news in the
Land and Amphibious domain from LAND 400 progress,
through to the development of Australia's self propelled howitzer
program, industry milestones for Hawkei production and the LAND 129
program.
Enjoy the podcast,
The Defence Connect Team