All Articles in Australian Sovereign Small Arms Capability

Thales Australia will invest $6.5 million in the first phase of an industrial plan to transform its Lithgow Arms facility in regional New South Wales. Phase 1 of the plan will establish a modern manufacturing and integration hub for the design, development and precisio...

Thales and Army Headquarters have started jointly researching, developing and designing options for the next generation Close Combat Family of Weapons.

The Small Arms Research & Development (R&D) team in Lithgow is about to double as it anticipates the future technology requirements of a digitised battlespace for the Australian Defence Force (ADF).

In an announcement made earlier this year by the then Minister for Defence Industry, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds, nine Australian businesses were awarded Defence Innovation Hub contracts, including DMTC Limited.