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Rheinmetall Defence Australia has announced the development of RGM Maintenance Townsville for the Medium Heavy Capability, partnering with Supacat to ensure a viable maintenance footprint across Australia.
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The partnership between Rheinmetall Defence Australia and Supacat and their development of the Townsville facility builds on their existing network of regional maintenance hubs in Darwin and Perth, providing an original equipment manufacturer (OEM)-supported maintenance capability across the country.
Nathan Poyner, managing director, Rheinmetall Defence Australia, said the signing of the deed of agreement in 2022 was the first step in providing OEM-supported maintenance in regions where the vehicles are located.
“The deed brings together both organisations of working in region on the Medium Heavy Capability services for logistic vehicles as part of the Australian Defence Force’s Land 121 program, at RGM premises in Townsville,” Poyner said.
“Recently, Rheinmetall has added two additional partners, RGM Maintenance Darwin and Supacat Perth, a world-leading design and technology organisation specialising in high-mobility defence vehicles.”
Poyner said that representatives from both organisations participated in a course delivered by Rheinmetall trainers at facilities in regional Victoria on the HX platform focusing on systems, documentation and the associated diagnostic tools across all vehicle variants from the 40M to the 45M heavy recovery.
Mick Ferguson, RGM Maintenance business development manager, said RGM had heavy vehicle operations throughout Queensland and the Northern Territory and has a 20-plus year history of service provision to the ADF.
“RGM’s support to Rheinmetall reduces maintenance lead times for the ADF’s Land 121 fleet in region, putting vehicles back in the hands of ADF operators sooner," Ferguson said.
These comments were echoed by Bruce Tait, Supacat managing director, who said, “We are delighted to continue to expand our relationship with Rheinmetall to include supporting the HX logistics vehicles from our support centre in Perth.
“Rheinmetall’s training and support program means that we are confident of being able to support the Rheinmetall vehicles with the same responsiveness and competency that we apply to our own vehicles. Our focus remains on continuously evolving the capability and availability of Army’s vehicle fleets as it transitions to a littoral and amphibious force.”
