
Defence firms vie for slice of $35b frigate pie
Detailed planning for Australia’s Hunter Class Frigate Program is well underway, as local companies vie for a slice of the $35 billion project.
Detailed planning for Australia’s Hunter Class Frigate Program is well underway, as local companies vie for a slice of the $35 billion project.
Mismanagement and delay in the hugely expensive replacement program for the Collins-class submarines is a nightmare for Australian defence and taxpayers, argues Rex Patrick.
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If sustainment of the Collins Class submarines goes west, it could set off a cascading chain of lost work for the Adelaide shipyards, writes former state defence industries minister Martin Hamilton-Smith. So why aren’t South Australian politicians fighting harder?
Hundreds of South Australian shipyard workers may not know before Christmas whether their jobs are safe as the federal government considers splitting a lucrative submarine maintenance contract.
South Australia’s three major universities will collaborate with France’s central scientific agency and the company chosen to design Australia’s $52 billion Future Submarines to establish a joint defence research laboratory in Adelaide, InDaily can reveal.
South Australian-based shipbuilder ASC and the French winners of the future submarines contract, Naval Group, today signed an agreement to work together on key aspects of Australia’s submarine programs.
Shipbuilder ASC says up to a further 63 jobs will be cut after it shed 93 staff from its Osborne shipyard earlier this year.