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2019-11-13
Lynx KF41 Competes for Australia’s Land 400 Phase 3
Rheinmetall has confirmed the signature of a Risk Mitigation Activity (RMA) contract with Australia worth AUD 50 million (about EUR 30 million), including the delivery of three Lynx KF41 Infantry Fighting Vehicles. Rheinmetall will then compete in trials for the AUD 15 billion (EUR 9.5 billion) LAND 400 Phase 3 programme.
The Australian Army needs a networked, protected and enabled IFV for close combat with enemies in the most dangerous and lethal environments for soldiers. Lynx KF41 is indeed the next generation tracked, networked and highly protected IFV to meet the stringent military requirements of LAND 400 Phase 3, while offering a platform with significant growth potential.
Under the LAND 400 Phase 3 RMA contract, Australia will undertake an extensive technical and programmatic assessment of the two bidders over a period of 24 months. The vehicles will be operated by Australian Army personnel and undergo troop assessments and lethality, transportability, mobility and blast and ballistic testing in Australian terrain under extreme conditions. The two bidders are participating in a structured assessment phase aimed at optimising technical capability, growth, and value for money and national prosperity.
Now that the vehicle has been selected by the Commonwealth of Australia government following 12 months of RMA trials in 2016-2017, Rheinmetall is set to deliver 211 Boxer 8x8 Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles (CRV) to the Australian Army. These RMA trials have been recognised globally as an exhaustive assessment of the vehicle’s capability, equipping Rheinmetall with the experience and expertise to deliver the best outcome for LAND 400 Phase 3.
Rheinmetall Defence Australia Managing Director Gary Stewart emphasises that the three vehicles designated for RMA trials in Australia will incorporate significant Australian Industry Capability: “Development, integration and test of the Lynx KF41 vehicles will also take place during RMA at Rheinmetall’s new Military Vehicle Centre of Excellence (MILVEHCOE) in Australia from next year in support of the RMA trials.”
In addition, key vehicle elements for the Lynx KF41 are being manufactured in Australia by local companies, including the alternator (Milspec in Albury), running gear (Supashock in Adelaide) and cables (Cablex in Melbourne). The modular Lynx KF41 vehicle includes the digital Lance turret, an electronic architecture shared by the Boxer 8x8 CRV and enabling the Australian crew to access sensor systems, advanced automatic tracking-and-targeting capabilities, and weapon-integrated battle management in a single connected and enabled platform.
Stewart added that, “Should Rheinmetall secure a contract to deliver LAND 400 Phase 3, the Lynx KF41 fleet will be manufactured at the MILVEHCOE, located at Redbank and south west of Brisbane.” Indeed, Rheinmetall has already delivered the Australian Industry Network with LAND 400 building industrial capability in the Commonwealth of Australia, involving hundreds of enduring, high-technology jobs alongside localising design and manufacturing expertise in electro-optics, weapon systems, fire-control-and-sensor systems, turret manufacturing, variant design and manufacture, integration, armour systems, simulation, training and fleet sustainment.
Australian Government’s Infantry Fighting Vehicle Programme
The Australian government has shortlisted Hanwha and Rheinmetall to participate in the next phase of its US$ 10.3 billion infantry fighting vehicle programme.
The KF41 Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) will compete against Hanwha Defence’s AS21 Redback IFV for the opportunity to provide the Australian Army with up to 450 tracked IFVs and 17 manoeuvre support vehicles. The IFVs will replace the obsolescent M113AS4 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) that were upgraded in recent years but date from the mid-1960s.
During the announcement of the shortlist for the Land 400 Phase 3, Australian Defence Minister Linda Reynolds stated that the AUD 10-15 billion project would provide the Australian Army with world-class levels of protection, firepower, mobility and enhanced communications. “When fully developed, the Land 400 programme will allow Army to successfully sustain mounted close combat operations against emerging and future threats as part of an integrated ADF,” confirmed Reynolds.
Meanwhile, the vehicle mobilisation element of a Risk Mitigation Activity (RMA), otherwise due to begin later this year, has been extended from 6 to 12 months. This extended period will provide the shortlisted contenders with more time to manufacture and prepare test vehicles to the required configuration.
The format of the competition is for each contender to receive funding to provide three platforms for the RMA. One of each platform will then be tested to destruction to assess survivability.
Concurrent activities and workshops will also be undertaken to clarify and refine the offers in terms of mitigating risk to the Commonwealth of Australia. Stage 2 is anticipated to conclude around the end of 2021, while submission of best and final offers will be followed by a final evaluation and full contract award in 2022.
Initial operating capability is anticipated in 2024-25, with final operating capability planned for 2030-31. The Lynx IFV platform is also being offered to the U.S. government in the OMFV programme, while a recently established joint venture entitled Raytheon Rheinmetall Land Systems is supplying the U.S. Army with the next generation Lynx IFV.
Reference Text/Photo: www.rheinmetall.com
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