OREANDA-NEWS. Chemring Group PLC ("Chemring" or "the Group"), is pleased to announce that its subsidiary Chemring Australia has been awarded an A$18 million contract by the Australian Department of Defence to supply Chemring's Resolve 3 electronic warfare manpack system.

Resolve 3 is the latest iteration of the highly successful, combat-proven, Resolve electronic surveillance system, designed and produced by UK-based Chemring Technology Solutions.  Up to 50 man-portable systems will be delivered during the first 18 months of the contract, with the systems being assembled at Chemring Australia's facility at Mulgrave, Victoria.

Michael Flowers, Group Chief Executive of Chemring, commented: "Resolve 3 represents the latest in man-portable electronic surveillance capability and I am delighted that Chemring Australia has won this contract. This is the largest award that the Group has received for the Resolve system, growing Resolve's user-base to nine countries and builds on Chemring's position as a market leader in electronic warfare."

 

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