The federal government has announced a $160 million dollar contract for Bendigo defence manufacturer Thales Australia to build another order of Bushmaster protected vehicles for the Australian Army.
The contract is for 78 new troop-carrying and command vehicles over the next 18 months.
This was signed at Thales Australia’s Bendigo facility on Wednesday May 17.
Mark Brennan Chair of the Bendigo Regional Manufacturing Group said the announcement was great news for Thales and the wider region with up to 200 skilled jobs required to fulfil the order.
