Australia has contracted L3Harris Technologies to supply an end-to-end command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) suite for its Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles.
Delivered under Project Land 4111 Phase 2, the agreement covers system design, integration, installation, and testing for over 80 command and troop carrier variants.
Providing warfighters with encrypted, interoperable communication networks, the package could potentially include L3Harris proprietary AN/PRC-171 compact team radio, MC-3000I mobile command intercom system, and Falcon III RF-7800H-MP wideband HF/VHF manpack radio.
Sources reported that the deal will also leverage government-furnished radios regulated under US export controls.
Work will take place at the company’s Indo-Pacific Regional Support Centre in Pinkenba, Queensland, with related activities to be facilitated for three years.
“By providing a complete design-through-installation C4I solution, we are delivering advanced, integrated communications systems that support Australian warfighters’ operational success in today’s increasingly complex environments,” said Andrew Rushbrook, managing director of L3Harris Communications Australia.
He also noted that the Australian-led engineering effort will also amplify local workforce expansion and apprenticeship pipelines.
Project Land 4111
The contract follows earlier integration work on Australian Army Bushmasters under Project Land 4111, which aims to standardize while increasing lethality and survivability of its ground fleets.
Alongside the mine-resistant protected mobility systems, the program covers upgrades for the Hawkei light utility vehicles.
Acquisitions encompass more than 200 new Bushmasters, maintenance support for the existing fleet of 1,000 legacy vehicles, and 1,100 new Hawkeis.