NZ to update C4ISR
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) provided further details regarding the execution of its Network Enabled Army (NEA) concept at the Soldier Technology 2015 event recently.
Speaking to Shephard at the conference in London on 24 June, Phil Collett, NEA programme manager, NZDF, explained how the first tranche of the 12-year programme had been given the go-ahead in April. The first phase is expected to include a $106 million contract and will run for up to four years.
The NEA programme is designed to fill ‘major capability gaps’ in the NZDF, which Collett described as lacking modern Command &
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