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Rheinmetall Moving Forward In Australia’s $10.2 Billion Infantry Fighting Vehicle Program

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, September 19th, 2019

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Rheinmetall Moving Forward In Australia’s $10.2 Billion Infantry Fighting Vehicle Program

Raytheon and Rheinmetall's Lynx. Photo: Matthew Beinart.

Rheinmetall said this week it will move forward in Australia’s $10.2 billion future infantry fighting vehicle competition with its Lynx fighting vehicle, the same platform the German firm is offering for the U.S. Army’s Bradley replacement program. Australia has tapped Rheinmetall and South Korea’s Hanwha to continue working on the phase Land 400 Phase 3 program to replace its M113 armored carriers with a modernized tracked vehicle, with the next phase focused on Risk Mitigation Activity (RMA) trials. “We welcome…

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