The Defence Department says it has done the majority of tests needed to assess an armoured vehicle being developed in Bendigo. Thales is building the Hawkei at its Bendigo factory in the hope of ...

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 ...

The Hawkei's problematic journey towards introduction into Australian Army service has been tortuous, and its dilemmas are not over yet. Despite gaining approval to enter full-rate production less ...

The Ukrainian government has been appealing for the Australian government to provide the light four-wheel-drive protected mobility vehicle for several months, but to no avail. Australia has about ...

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 ...

The second phase of fatigue testing on Australia’s new Hawkei vehicles has now begun at at Thales Australia’s manufacturing facility in Bendigo, Victoria. The eight week test programme is being ...

Aug. 28 (UPI) --A C4I integral Computing System for the Australian Army's Hawkei vehicle has been tested by the government's Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group, the Australian Ministry of ...

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 ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. In a nation where so many have a 4x4 and which has the best country in the world to drive over, Australia was bound to come up with ...

Fears over soldiers' safety have prompted the Australian Defence Force to quietly reject vehicles it is having specially built at a cost of $1.3 billion. The government is spending $1.3 billion on ...

Thales Australia's Hawkei – pictured above in service with the Australian Army – and General Dynamics Land Systems' Eagle are competing to supply the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force with a successor ...

Australia is set to give Ukraine the missile-capable, four-wheel-drive armoured cars that it has been requesting for months – the Hawkei – as the centrepiece of a forthcoming support package. Although ...