JCB CEA is pleased to announce it is one of a team of equipment partners that will support Prime Contractor, Ventia, under a new contract with the Department of Defence, Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG), to deliver engineering support platforms for the Australian Defence Force (ADF), under Project Land 8120 Phase 1.
Ventia brought together the team including JCB CEA, other key machinery manufacturers, and systems engineering specialist, QinetiQ, to offer the full breadth of services sought by the ADF over the five-year program.
JCB CEA will supply equipment from acrosss even JCB product platforms with a diverse range of machines including heavy line excavators, teleskids, wheel loaders, backhoe loaders, mini excavators, wheeled excavators, and rollers.
“JCB CEA is pleased to supply some of our class leading equipment as part of this largescale project”, CEO Hylton Taylor said. “This will be the single largest sale of machinery JCB CEA has secured locally, and the largest sale of JCB machinery in Australasia.”
“We collaborated in a thorough and extensive vetting and tender process with the highly experienced infrastructure service provider, Ventia, who specialise in the long-term operation, maintenance, and management of critical public and private infrastructure”.
JCB CEA will also assist with the development of product specific operating manuals, maintenance specifications and other technical documentation, and where required, deliver operator training programs at Defence sites nationally for optimum use of the supplied machines.
The first machine delivery will be a JCB 220X heavy line excavator.
“We look forward to the handover of this machine and the many more to follow over the coming years”, Hylton said.
For further information about the JCB line up of products and JCB CEA’s involvement in the military sector, visit https://www.jcbcea.com.au/industry/government-defence/