As has been very widely reported, the Battle Management System part of Army’s LAND 200 project has been withdrawn from service – and we can say with confidence that this happened on or before May 15. Unless people have been disobeying orders, that was the date on the internal instruction issued by Army to their people to stop using it.
Neither Defence Minister Peter Dutton nor the Department have been prepared to comment – a situation that becomes less tenable the more that is known about the situation.
The December 16, 2020, cancellation order from Army.
While rumours about problems with the Battlegroup and Below Battlefield Command System have been swirling for a while – and the project was officially paused last year for a re-evaluation....MORE
