Thales in Australia develops, manufactures and supports military vehicles you can trust with your life. The combat-proven Bushmaster and new generation Hawkei multi-role vehicles meet the requirements of modern land forces for the protection of troops in hostile environments.
Thales protected vehicles deliver outstanding protection, mobility and payload for defence forces that value the survivability of their soldiers and require a flexible platform designed for the integration of capability solutions, to fulfil current and future missions.
- Protection of troops in hostile environments
- Excellent off-road mobility and payload capability
- Multi-role flexibility
- Dependable Through Life
- Support including vehicle upgrade paths
Bushmaster has been successfully deployed by defence forces in a number of regions including the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific and Europe.
On-going design enhancements, a wide variety of user selectable mission equipment and mature global through life support have ensured that Bushmaster continues to meet evolving customer requirements.
Hawkei builds on this experience, offering a new, lighter vehicle suitable for a variety of mission requirements and ready for the connected digital battlespace.
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Bushmaster
Bushmaster is a combat proven and has been successfully deployed by three armies on operations in a number of regions including the Middle East, Africa and the Pacific. On-going design enhancement, a wide range of user selectable mission equipment and mature through life support have ensured that Bushmaster continues to meet evolving customer requirements.
Hawkei
Thales is delivering a new generation of protected vehicles. Hawkei meets the requirements of global defence forces for a highly protected, mobile and integrated vehicle able to operate in an environment under threat from Improvised Explosive Devices, mines and ambushes.
From its Vehicle Integration and Through Life Capability Support Centre in Eagle Farm, Queensland, Thales already supports over 1,200 Bushmaster Protected Vehicles for the Australian Defence Force and seven International Defence Forces around the world. Thales ensures on-going capability to defence customers through the delivery of maintenance, spares and engineering services, Customer Urgent Operational Requirements, full C4I design and integration upgrades and even upgrades to new mission variants.
As 1,100 Hawkei vehicles enter service with the ADF, they will be fully supported by Thales, in Australia.
The Bushmaster is deployed on high intensity operations in Ukraine right now. They have become an essential asset and are saving Ukrainian soldiers’ lives.
Vasyl Myroshnychenko
Ukrainian Ambassador to Australia and New Zealand
We regard the Bushmaster as an exemplar project in which the end-user (the Army), the industry partner (Thales) and our Defence Scientists came together to deliver a world-class capability.
Alex Zelinsky
Australian Department of Defence, Former Chief Defence Scientist
The Hawkei vehicle is produced by Thales Australia. It is the first vehicle that I'm aware of - possible the first vehicle in the world - that is built to be digitally wired in the same conceptual fashion as you see in the wiring of a modern aircraft cockpit...
Lt Gen. Campbell
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Defence in Australia
- Defence in Australia
- Air
- Air Traffic Management
- Aviation Training and Simulation
- Avionics Maintenance and Repair
- Drones and Urban Air Mobility
- Advanced air defence
- Land
- Protected Mobility Vehicles
- Australian Sovereign Small Arms Capability
- Explosive Ordnance Services
- Land Training and Simulation
- Connected Digital Battlespace
- Sea
- Above Water Systems
- Maritime Sustainment and Support
- Underwater Systems
- Mine Warfare
- Thales Acoustics Centre of Excellence
- Sovereign Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Enterprise
- Smart Sustainment Services