A confidential report criticises defence over removal of Elbit’s technology from ADF

An independent review, jointly funded by Defence and Elbit, has in part criticised the department's handling of the expensive saga, which has since generated international headlines; Earlier this year, a "cease use" directive was issued on the "Battle Management System" supplied by Elbit Systems

"Elbit Systems of Australia (ELSA) has been working with the Australian Defence Force for more than seven years and we are proud of our work to digitise the Australian Army with the Battle Management System (BMS)," an Elbit spokesperson told the ABC.

The spokesperson added that on June 2, a Senate committee heard evidence "from senior Department of Defence officials that there were no specific security issues with our software".

Secret report criticises defence over scrapping of multi-billion-dollar Israeli technology by Australian army (ABC)

A confidential report has criticised the Defence Department following the removal of multi-billion-dollar Israeli-developed technology from army vehicles because of apparent security concerns.