NIOA wins 81mm mortar ammo contract
NIOA has been awarded a three-year contract to supply the ADF with 81mm practice and high-explosive mortar ammunition. FILE PHOTO
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NIOA extreme-tests weapon paint for ADF
The ADF’s Armaments Systems Program Office (ARMTSPO) recently commissioned NIOA to undertake suitability trials for a specialist weapon paint system
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NIOA displays new heavy-hitting machine gun
Improvements in battlefield optics have extended the range of the modern battlespace creating a new requirement for a round such
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NIOA to take up tenancy at Benalla munitions factory
Minister for Defence Christopher Pyne announced on Tuesday that Australian company NIOA is to take up a tenancy at the
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NIOA wins $95 million munitions contract
Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne yesterday congratulated NIOA on being awarded a major Defence contract to supply more than
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Australia to build GMLRS and forge M795s for ADF and export
The government has announced more initiatives in the domestic manufacturing of missiles and munitions at scale. FILE PHOTO: An American
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First exports shipped from Queensland munitions plant
Defence manufacturer Rheinmetall NIOA Munitions’ Queensland artillery shell plant is growing exponentially as it takes another important step towards full-rate
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Base-support services should improve under new contracts
Services to Defence bases and establishments around the country are set to improve through the next generation of contracts. FILE
Read more![SIG Sauer's MCX in .300 Blackout calibre [7.62×35mm] [a sub-sonic round] has been selected as the ADF's new personal rifle to replace the 5.56mm Steyr. Photo Sergeant Tristan Kennedy.](https://www.contactairlandandsea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/sig_sauer_mcx.jpg)
ADF brings more 7.62mm into service
EDITOR’s NOTE: I have edited my headline and photo caption to correct my assumption that the SIG Sauer MCX would replace
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Billion-dollar Benalla boost
Defence has signed a 10-year agreement with Thales for continued management and operation of Australia’s munition factories in Benalla and Mulwala.
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Aussie company to produce JSF ammo at Benalla
In an Australian first, Rheinmetall NIOA Munitions is set to produce and export ammunition for the US F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program.
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Starter’s gun fired on new Queensland artillery forge
Rheinmetall NIOA Munitions [RNM] is pleased to announce it will commence construction of a $60 million state-of-the-art munitions forging facility
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New artillery-shell plant for regional Queensland
The Federal government will support a proposal to establish an advanced forging and manufacturing facility in regional Queensland to produce
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Army orders new Carl-Gustaf M4
The Australian Army has placed an order for several hundred new Carl-Gustaf® M4 84mm multi-role weapon systems. CAPTION: The new Carl-Gustaf M4
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Battle Management System integrated onto grenade launcher
NIOA Press Statement… The adoption of Elbit Systems Australia’s revolutionary Battle Management System (BMS) under the Project LAND 200 Tranche
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Does political double speak bode ill for munitions manufacturing in Australia?
Recently, Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne announced two significant contracts for the supply of ammunition to the Australian Defence Force
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$100 million to enhance Army artillery
Queensland company NIOA has been awarded a $100 million contract to supply 155mm M777 Lightweight Towed Howitzer ammunition to the Army.
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24 January 2018
[Australia could be one step closer to Malabar naval exercise with India, US and Japan] Defence Connect Australia hunts
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New Zealand conducts train-the-trainer shoots on new Glock 17
The New Zealand Defence Force recently conducted a round of train-the-trainer courses for soldiers, sailors and airmen who will now
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LAND 40 Phase 2 removed from Projects of Concern list
LAND 40 Phase 2, the Light Weight Automatic Grenade Launcher (LWAGL) project, has been removed from the Projects of Concern
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