When INFORCE arrives at Land Forces 2026 in Perth, we will be seeing a lot of familiar faces. Our relationship with Australia reaches back more than 15 years through 360 Defence, and for more than a decade, INFORCE weapon lights have served alongside members of the Australian Defence Force.
- 15+ Years supporting Australia
- 2015 WMLx selected for the EF88
- 3N07 Land Forces 2026 booth
There is something different about seeing equipment you designed become part of another country's service rifle program.
For INFORCE, Australia is one of those relationships.
Through our partnership with 360 Defence, INFORCE has supported Australian defense and law enforcement customers since 2011. That relationship has grown through years of testing, fielding equipment and supporting the people who depend on it.
A relationship built over time
INFORCE began working with 360 Defence in 2011. Since then, 360 Defence has served as our exclusive Australian government supplier, connecting INFORCE weapon lighting systems with Australian defense and law enforcement organizations.
Relationships like this matter because military equipment does not exist in isolation. A weapon light becomes part of a larger system. It has to fit the weapon, the mission and the way an operator actually works with both.
That takes time. It takes testing. More importantly, it takes trust built through years of putting equipment into the hands of people who expect it to work when they need it.
We are proud that our relationship with Australia has lasted long enough to be measured in decades rather than product cycles.
The WMLx and the EF88 Austeyr
One of the most important milestones in that relationship came in 2015.
The INFORCE WMLx White/IR was tested and selected under the LAND 125-3C program for use with the Australian Defence Force's EF88 Austeyr service rifle. It remains the standard-issue weapon light for the platform today.
The WMLx gives the operator both visible white light and infrared capability in a lightweight rifle-mounted system. For troops training and working in reduced-light conditions, illumination is part of how they identify what is in front of them, operate their weapon and continue working when available light disappears.
That is the environment the WMLx was built for.
Since its selection, Australian soldiers have trained with an INFORCE light mounted to the same rifle they are expected to carry in service. For us, that matters far more than seeing a product sitting behind glass. It means the light became part of the equipment an Australian warfighter learns to use as part of the rifle itself.
Supporting the people behind the rifle
It is easy for manufacturers to talk about military programs in terms of contracts, quantities and specifications. Those things matter, but they are not the reason the equipment exists.
The equipment exists for the person carrying it.
Weapon lights solve a simple problem with serious consequences: eventually, somebody has to see what is in front of the muzzle.
That may happen during training. It may happen while moving through a dark structure. It may happen while working under night vision, where infrared illumination gives the operator another way to see without relying on visible light.
Whatever the situation, the requirement remains the same. The light has to activate when expected, stay out of the operator's way and survive life attached to a service weapon.
That principle has guided INFORCE from the WMLx carried on the EF88 to the newest generation of our weapon lighting systems.
Back in Perth for Land Forces 2026
This October, INFORCE returns to Australia for Land Forces 2026 in Perth.
From October 6 through 8, we will be exhibiting with 360 Defence at Booth 3N07. Alongside the weapon lights already familiar to Australian customers, visitors will be able to see the Gen 3 WML Series and the new ARC modular long-range weapon light series.
ARC extends the INFORCE approach into applications that demand significantly greater reach. The system was developed for roles ranging from general-duty rifles and tactical teams to specialized platforms including counter-unmanned aircraft systems.
Its modular architecture allows different switching and mounting configurations to be used without forcing the operator or integrator into one fixed arrangement. ARC is also tested to MIL-STD-810H, continuing the same emphasis on environmental durability that runs through the INFORCE lineup.
Land Forces gives us an opportunity to put those new systems in front of the same defense community we have worked with for years.
More than fifteen years, and counting
We are proud of what INFORCE has built in Australia, but most of that history did not happen at trade shows.
It happened on rifles.
It happened during training, during exercises and everywhere Australian personnel needed their equipment to keep working after daylight stopped cooperating.
For more than a decade, the WMLx has been part of that story on the EF88 Austeyr. For more than 15 years, 360 Defence and INFORCE have worked together to support Australian government customers.
Land Forces 2026 gives us the chance to celebrate that history while showing where INFORCE weapon lighting goes next.
If you are attending Land Forces in Perth, visit INFORCE and 360 Defence at Booth 3N07 from October 6 through 8.
Australian Government Customers INFORCE inquiries, T&E requests and orders in Australia are handled exclusively by 360 Defence. Visit 360defence.com.au.
