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“Rheinmetall has developed this (Lynx) vehicle so it is positioned at an ideal level of maturity when Australia needs it to enter service in 2026 and will have the growth path to extend these capabilities through- out its 40-year life,” a Rheinmetall spokes- person said in a prepared response to ADM.
“Rheinmetall’s partnership with Army and the Commonwealth to deliver the Box- er for Phase 2 represents the opportunity to develop and deliver a complete armoured fighting vehicle force for the ADF.
“We have taken all the significant bene- fits of Boxer and ensured they are part of the Lynx KF41 package. Design, development and manufacture of the LYNX in Australia for the Australian Defence Force will also build on the advanced manufacturing jobs at our new military vehicle centre of excel- lence being built at Ipswich in Queensland, as well as a strong industrial network of SMEs across Australia.”
Future timeline
Following the closure of the RFT, Defence is undertaking a three-stage evaluation of the contenders, the first of which will be a detailed evaluation between now and the third quarter of 2019 to select a shortlist of tenderers to proceed to the next stage.
The second stage is the Risk Mitigation Ac- tivity with a 12-month vehicle mobilisation period prior to the commencement of the test and evaluation period, as described earlier.
“Concurrent activities and workshops will also be undertaken in order to clarify and refine the offers to mitigate risk to the Commonwealth (and) Stage 2 is antici- pated to conclude around the end of 2021,” Defence says. “The project will then under- take the Stage 3 final evaluation and down- selection of a preferred tenderer.”
The current timeline will see the Land 400 Phase 3 project return to Government for consideration in 2022.
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“The current timeline will see the Land 400 Phase 3 project return to Government for consideration
in 2022.”
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