August 4, 2017
Located at the former GM Holden site at Fishermans Bend, the defence hub will be the biggest of its type in the nation and is where BAE Systems plans to manufacture the Australian Army’s Armed Combat Reconnaissance vehicles. The most diverse defence hub of its type, the site will enable up to 1,000 engineers and highly skilled technicians to design, develop, deliver and maintain new defence platforms and systems for the Australian Defence Force. Premier Daniel Andrews and Minister for Industry and Employment Wade Noonan on 1 August visited the Fishermans Bend site to announce that Victoria had been selected as the preferred state by BAE Systems to build 225 new Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles. The Andrews Labor Government has signed a Heads of Agreement with BAE Systems to build the state-of-the-art vehicles at Fishermans Bend, should it win the contract for the LAND 400 Phase Two project. The final decision on which…