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An Asian nation has for the first time won a multi-billion-dollar Australian defence contract, with a South Korean company beating a German rival to build the army's new infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs). Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE
Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-27/south-korea-wins-bid-to-build-australian-army-vehicles/102653824

The federal government has selected Hanwha's "Redback" IFV over Rheinmetall's rival "Lynx" design for the lucrative prize worth up to $7 billion.

The long-awaited decision puts in doubt a recent pledge by Berlin to acquire 100 new Australian-built Boxer combat reconnaissance vehicles built by Rheinmetall in Queensland.

Earlier this year Labor's Defence Strategic Review (DSR) drastically reduced the scope of the army's largest-ever project from an original 450 IFVs to just 129.

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