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RIGHT: MILREM’s THeMIS uncrewed ground vehicle equipped with EOS’ R400 RWS and a M230LF 30 mm chain gun
come still comes from export sales into the Middle East, North America and Europe.
Changing government policy is very positive from an EOS point of view, given our export focus. We’re increasingly confident that the Integrated Investment Program as it cur- rently stands will provide growing opportunities for EOS to deliver Australian technology to the Australian market.
For example, just recently we completed a very success- ful demonstration of Australian C4 [communications, com- mand, control, computers] products that we pulled together with industry.
ADM: What is your current export portfolio and how will it grow?
We have mature contracts we’re delivering
into the UAE. We’re also delivering a pro-
EOS Defense Systems USA has, obviously, a focus on the US market, and there are also a range of remote weapon system contracts that we will be competing for out of the US business. The current remote weapon system that the American Army has been operating for the last 15 years will be re-competed in the near future. We’ll be heavily engaged in bidding for that, and we’re also looking at other programs where remote weapon sta- tions are increasingly needed.
tected mobility vehicle upgrade program with the R400 system to the Australian Army. The UAE system is, again, an R400-based remote weapon station. The two programs are similar but different, in that the UAE specified a 30 mm lightweight cannon and a machine gun, whereas the Australian military specified just a machine gun for their remote weapon station.
“IF WE CAN TRACK A SATELLITE IN GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT SUCCESSFULLY, WE BRING THAT TRACKING TECHNOLOGY TO THE LAND DOMAIN”
There are a range of other Australian op-
portunities, such as the self-propelled howit-
zer deal with Hanwha, which will require re-
mote weapon stations, as well as components of the foreign military sales purchase of the heavy armoured vehicle fleet; the support and engineering vehicles will provide growth opportunities for EOS remote weapon stations. We’re en- gaged with the Commonwealth on what we can provide to deliver the remote weapon station capability that those new platforms will require.
If we take a step back from current oppor- tunities and look at the long-term strategic direction of the market – the proliferation of UGVs, increasing automation, the removal of people from the battlefield or the remote control of combat systems – the key technology needed to
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