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The New Zealand Defence Force has finalised a sale of 22 New Zealand light armoured vehicles (NZLAVs) to the Chilean Navy for use by their Marine Corps.

Defence insists it is committed to buying submarines from the French but has confirmed it is looking at alternatives in case the $90 billion deal falls over.

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Australia considers German submarine option as tensions with French company grow Exclusive by defence correspondent Andrew Greene © Provided by ABC NEWS TKMS bid for the original submarine construction contract that was won by a French company. (Supplied: TKMS) The Navy has begun quietly examining whether German-made submarines could provide an interim capability for Australia before a future $90 billion French-designed fleet is due to enter service in over a decade. The Defence Department is also considering several other drastic options, including faster upgrades to Austr...

PM intervenes in submarine debacle Save Share Two senior naval officers have been tasked by Prime Minister Scott Morrison to examine options for Australia’s submarine fleet, amid ongoing tensions with the French over the $90 billion future submarine program. As Naval Group’s global chief executive Pierre-Eric Pommelet arrives in Canberra on Wednesday for crunch talks with Defence Minister Linda Reynolds and Finance Minister Simon Birmingham over the project, sources say Mr Morrison is questioning the scope of the major shipbuilding programs as costs spiral by billions of dollars. De...