Collaboration is the key to winning big tenders, and that has been done by Raytheon Australia in collaboration with the shipyard Austal and the maritime system design company BMT, precisely the three companies 'united' to work on the tender project and fulfill the requirements in Land 8710 Phase 1A released by the Australian Department of Defense. .
Quoted from the raytheon.com website (6/5/2022), the Land 8710 Phase 1A project will be released by the Australian Department of Defense in December 2021 with a value of approximately US$577 million.
Responding to the request for tender (RFT), then the consortium led by Raytheon with the support of Austal and BMT, released the design of the amphibious landing craft which was labeled the Independent Littoral Manoeuvre Vessel (ILMV).
The ILMV is prepared to support Australian Army troop movements, particularly in support of coast-to-coast and sea-to-coast amphibious operations. ILMV, which is still in the form of a proposal, is the initial design of a vehicle that is identical to the Landing Craft Utility (LCU).
Later, the ILMV will replace the Australian Army's aging fleet of LCM-8 ships and LARC-5 amphibious vehicles (Lighter, Amphibious Resupply, Cargo with a capacity of 5 tons).
As part of the requirements outlined in Land 8710 Phase 1A, these amphibious vessels from Raytheon must be capable of transporting armored vehicles, able to operate in a wide range of sea conditions and operating in conjunction with Royal Australian Navy amphibious vessels, in particular the helicopter landing helicopter dock (LHD) aircraft carrier. Canberra Class and landing platform dock (LPD) HMAS Choules.
In collaboration with the Austal shipyard, if the ILMV design wins the tender, this new landing craft will be built at the Henderson shipyard in Western Australia.
So far, the ILMV specifications have not been released, however, Raytheon Australia Managing Director Michael Ward said, “ILMV will be a formidable ship. flexible and able to meet Australian Army requirements.
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