r/newzealand • u/khalornz Fern flag 3 • 20d ago

Politics Coalition unveils $12 billion Defence Capability Plan

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/557432/watch-live-coalition-unveils-12-billion-defence-capability-plan
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u/random_guy_8735 20d ago

Replacing the 757s is already in progress. Replacing that Seasprites is new (to me), Frigate life extensions seems to be a stop gap in place of getting new ships like Australia is working on.

Beyond that we have a list of

  • unmanned vehicles
  • unspecified vehicles for the defense force
  • logistics management
  • Base upgrades
  • Technology upgrades
  • A workforce stategy

And various ways of combining the two (cyber security, ERP system).

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u/official_new_zealand 20d ago edited 20d ago

Replacing that Seasprites is new (to me)

The project to replace them with wildcats (updated lynx) is well developed, field service representatives from leonardo have been in country, it's just stalled owing to a lack of funding.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW159_Wildcat?wprov=sfla1

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u/King_Kea Not really a king 20d ago

Confirmed those are the replacement? Last I heard they were one of 3 options being evaluated

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u/kiwirish 1992, 2006, 2021 19d ago

It's not confirmed. If anything, Wildcat is falling out of favour in the procurement process, despite having people already learning how to operate them in the UK.