호주, 탈레스(Thales) 사륜구동 전술차량 'Hawkei' 1,100대 구매 결정

호주, 탈레스(Thales) 사륜구동 전술차량 'Hawkei' 1,100대 구매 결정

호주군이 탈레스호주(Thales Australia)로부터 사륜구동 전술차량 'Hawkei' 1,100대를 USD9억 1,000만 불(USD910 million)에 구매하는 대형 계약을 체결했다고 IHS Jane이 2015년 10월 5일 보도했다.

2015년 10월 5일 '말콤 턴불(Malcolm Turnbull)' 호주 수상은 "호주 국방부가  비장갑전술차량인 Land Rover를 대체하기 위해  1,100대의 Hawkei 4x4 경장갑전술차량을 획득할 것이다"라고 밝혔다.

이 계약에는 약 1,000대의 트레일러(trailer)가 포함되어 있다.

Hawkei 4x4 경장갑전술차량은 탈레스호주(Thales Australia)가 호주군의 'Project Land 121 Phase 4' 요구조건에 맞도록 설계하여 개발한 차량으로 자체중량은 7톤이며 호주 빅토리아주의 벤디고(Bendigo)공장에서 제적될 예정이다.

시험생산(Pilot production)은 2016년 초 시작될 예정이다.

동시에 현재 탈레스호주(Thales Australia)의 벤디고(Bendigo)공장은 현재 생산중이며 호주, 자메이카, 일본, 네델란드, 영국에서 운용중인 자체중량 15톤인 'Bushmaster 장갑차량'의 생산은 점진적으로 줄여갈 예정이다.

Hawkei 4x4 경장갑전술차량의 첫 납기는 2017년 말이고 양산(full-rate production)은 2018년에 진행될 예정이다.

Hawkei 4x4 경장갑전술차량의 이름인 'Hawkei'는 호주에 서식하는 독사(毒蛇)의 이름이다.

기번형은 출입구가 4개인 6인승이며 출격 200kW 터보(turbo) 디젤엔진을 탑재한다.

출입구가 2개인 파생형은 3인승이다.

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Key Points

Australia has ordered 1,100 Hawkei 4x4s from Thales

The Hawkei, which will replace unprotected Land Rovers, was downselected in 2011

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is to acquire 1,100 Hawkei 4x4 light protected mobility vehicles at a cost of AUD1.3 billion (USD910 million) to replace the majority of its unprotected Land Rover fleet, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced on 5 October.

The seven-tonne Hawkei, designed by Thales Australia to meet the requirements of Project Land 121 Phase 4, will be manufactured at the company's Bendigo facility in Victoria along with more than 1,000 trailers included in the same contract.

Pilot production will begin in early 2016, coinciding with the wind-down of work at Bendigo on the 15-tonne Bushmaster protected mobility vehicle now in service with Australia, Jamaica, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.

First deliveries of the Hawkei, named after a venomous Australian snake, are scheduled towards the end of 2017, and full-rate production will be under way in 2018.

In December 2011 the Hawkei was named as the preferred vehicle under the Manufactured and Supported (MSA) option of Land 121 Phase 4, beating competition from then-Force Protection's Ocelot (Foxhound in UK service) and an evolution of the Eagle 1V proposed by General Dynamics Land Systems - Australia.

Fierce domestic lobbying resulted in the introduction of the MSA component more than a year after Australia had invested USD40 million in the Technology Development phase of the United States' Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) programme with no mention of a possible Australian alternative.

Australia subsequently decided against investing in the follow-up JLTV Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase.

The Hawkei has seating for up to six occupants in the four-door and up to three occupants in the two-door versions and is powered by a 200 Kw turbo diesel engine.

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[참조] IHS Jane's Defence Weekly - Australia signs AUD1.3 billion Hawkei 4x4 deal/05 Oct, 2015.

[아침안개] 2015.10.06.