18 April 2012

News Story: Australia Picks Supacat Vehicle for Special Forces

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By ANDREW CHUTER

LONDON — Australian special forces are to be equipped with Supacat’s Extenda high mobility vehicle, the British-based company announced.

Supacat said it had been selected by the Defence Materiel Organisation in Canberra as the preferred bidder for the special operations vehicle element of Australia’s wider JP2097 Ph1B Redfin vehicle program.

The deal covers the project definition and evaluation phase of the program. Supacat’s Australian subsidiary has already been awarded an initial contract for this phase of the work. Acquisition of a fleet of vehicles is expected under a separate contract.

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