JP 2072: Up to A$800M for Australian C4ISR Land Project

Bushmaster IMV(click to view full) General Dynamics Canada, along with its Australian partners ADI Limited and Tenix Defence, has been selected as the Preferred Prime System Integrator for the first phase of Australia’s Battlespace Communications System (Land) project, referred to as JP 2072. Phase I is valued at AUS $97 million (USD $74 million), and the project as a whole has a potential value of AUS $800 million (USD $608 million) if all options are exercised. Five bidding teams had emerged in this competition: * General Dynamics Canada teamed with leading Australian defense companies ADI Limited and Tenix Defence. ADI is Australia’s largest defence company, with over 2,500 employees. GD Canada had developed the Canadian IRIS tactical communications system on which the United Kingdom’s BOWMAN is based, and supported teams led by other General Dynamics units on several key U.S. battlefield communication system programs like Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) and the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Cluster 5 effort. * BAE Systems Australia is the incumbent on the existing Australian Raven, Wagtail and Parakeet communications systems. They pitched themselves as a PSI without a commitment to specific equipment vendors. * Raytheon Australia, promoted its own experience supporting the U.S. Force […]