Cost Performance

The project remains within approved budget. Some Signal Onboard Two-Wire Audio System interne protocol (SOTASip) payments to the contractor which had  been rescheduled as a result of delays have now been paid as a result of the SOTASip contract amendment being signed.

Schedule Performance

All Production Period 1 (PP1) and PP2 vehicle deliveries are now complete. The project is currently procuring 293 vehicles for PP3, as of 30 June 2011, 230 of these had been delivered. The delivery of PP3 vehicles to the Commonwealth is on schedule. Delivery of 70 PP4 vehicles will commence in May 2012 and conclude in the first quarter of 2013.

Materiel Capability Performance

All variants are meeting their required specifications. The prototype for the Air Defence variant was completed by Thales and accepted by the project in October 2010. 

The project is currently in contract with Thales for the Detailed Design of an External Composite Armour (ECA) solution. Thales is forecasting completion of the entire ECA Detailed Design in August 2011. 

The PMV Trailer tender response from Thales on 22 May 09 was evaluated and deemed non-compliant and not value for money.  The project is currently determining the most appropriate way forward to achieve the trailer capability.