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Army

Australia Taps Supacat As Preferred Bidder For Special Ops Vehicle

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

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The Australian Defence Material Organisation (DMO) has selected Supacat as Preferred Bidder for the Special Operations Vehicle element of the Project Definition and Evaluation phase (PD&E) of the REDFIN 1B program and has awarded Supacat an initial contract for this phase. Supacat’s successful bid offered the latest version of its Special Forces HMT Extenda vehicle. When approved, JP2097 Ph 1B (REDFIN) will provide the Australian Defence Force with a new family of Special Operations Vehicles. On completion of the PD&E…

Space

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Congress

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Pentagon

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Congress

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