As we went to press this morning the new Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne, who has been keen to show he is "hitting the ground running", announced the finalisation of the review into AIC involvement for Land 400 Phase 2. Less than two hours later the down select for the program was also announced – congratulations to BAE Systems/Patria and Rheinmetall who have been invited to proceed to the RMA. Our commiserations to both Team Sentinel (Elbit/ST Kinetics/Elphinstone) and the team from Thales and GDLS Australia who have also worked very hard under trying conditions to get to this stage.
In other news this week which is predominately of a South Australian flavour, the Productivity Commission has questioned the value of a local submarine build and Minister Pyne has toured WA contractors keen for a much larger slice of the shipbuilding pie.
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