Named for the Acanthophis hawkei, a deadly Australian adder, the Thales Hawkei is a compact, light-armored, 7-ton vehicle with quick-change customizable armor and an IED blast-resistant hull. It may ...

CANBERRA, Australia, Nov. 16 (UPI) --The Australian military has received Hawkei armor-protected vehicles from Thales Australia, part of an intial production from a local plant. The delivery was ...

SYDNEY — Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced on Oct. 5 that Thales Australia will supply 1,100 4x4 Hawkei protected mobility vehicles (PMVs) and more than 1,000 trailers to the ...

SYDNEY, June 13 (UPI) --Australian engineering company RPC Technologies has been pre-awarded a contract by Thales Australia to produce dashboards for the Hawkei armored vehicle. The pre-production ...

It wasn’t named after a superhero, but it was designed to carry real heroes. The Hawkei PMV (Protected Military Vehicle) is the Australian Defence Force’s newest recruit. The department just ordered 1 ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. The Australian car industry might be running out of juice, but Down Under military machine manufacturer Thales is still determined to represent what ...

THALES has delivered two prototypes of the Hawkei light protected mobility vehicles for evaluation by the Defence Department in a bid to win a contract reportedly worth $1.3 billion.The vehicles are ...

The Hawkei (seen here in a four-door configuration) is one of the platforms from the Thales Australia portfolio that will be offered for the Light Protected Mobility aspect of the LMP. (Thales) Thales ...

BENDIGO federal MP Steve Gibbons says Thales has a great chance to beat its rivals in the race for federal government funding.Mr Gibbons said he would meet Minister for Defence Materiel and Science ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. ELEANOR HALL: The Federal Government has announced $1.5 billion dollar defence contract to equip the ...

Named after a killer fish, killer cat and a killer snake, two Infantry Fighting Vehicles and a new Light Protected Mobility Vehicle, made their debuts in Paris to a lot of buzz. The five-day biennial ...