Lucrative construction work on new high-tech army infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) could be sent overseas under an option being considered by the Albanese government to acquire the lethal land capability more urgently.
When releasing its Defence Strategic Review last month, Labor confirmed it would slash the massive LAND 400 Phase 3 project from 450 IFVs to just 129, as part of a sweeping overhaul of the Australian Army.