Updated On: 14 March, 2018 11:50 AM IST | Canberra | IANS
German contractor Rheinmetall has won a $4.08 billion contract to build 211 light armoured vehicles for the Australian Army


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German contractor Rheinmetall has won a $4.08 billion contract to build 211 light armoured vehicles for the Australian Army. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull while announcing the contract on Wednesday, said it was the single-largest acquisition in the Australian Army's history, with the purchase and maintenance of the vehicles to cost $12.1 billion.