Bushmaster milestone as orders top 800
29 October 2008
Thales previously announced the DMO was ordering 254 Bushmasters in August 2007. The extra 39 are a recent additional requirement.
As a result, the total of Bushmaster variants ordered has now reached over 800. This includes 736 for the Australian Defence Force, 49 exported to the Netherlands, 15 FireKing vehicles to Forestry SA, and other smaller orders.
Chris Jenkins, Thales Australia's managing director, said the extra Bushmasters were an indication of the vehicle's success.
"This order shows that the Bushmaster is very much in demand, and follows on from its successful deployment in Afghanistan and Iraq.
"It is a versatile platform for many different capabilities. Thales's engineering and integration teams have significant experience working with a wide range of technologies that can be successfully added to the vehicle.
"This flexibility means we can offer many capabilities to the ADF and other customers, and they can rely on our expertise to meet and exceed their requirements."
About Thales
Thales is a leading international electronics and systems group, addressing defence, aerospace and security markets worldwide. Thales's leading-edge technology is supported by 22,000 R&D engineers who offer a capability unmatched in Europe to develop and deploy field-proven mission-critical information systems. To this end, the group's civil and military businesses develop in parallel and share a common base of technologies to serve a single objective: the security of people, property and nations. The group builds its growth on its unique multi-domestic strategy based on trusted partnerships with national customers and market players, while leveraging its global expertise to support local technology and industrial development. Thales employs 68,000 people in 50 countries with 2007 revenues of AUD19 billion.
Thales Australia is the leading defence systems and engineering company in Australia and is also present in civil sectors ranging from air traffic management to security systems and services. Employing 3,700 people in over 35 sites around the country, Thales Australia recorded revenues in 2007 amounting to over AUD1 billion.
Press contact
Libby Noble
Thales Australia
+61 (0)2 9562 3150/+61 (0)434 155 881
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