Call for cost blowouts probe into Adelaide submarine build

The federal opposition has asked the auditor-general to investigate cost blowouts with the program to build Australia’s new fleet of submarines.

Australian manufacturers invited aboard submarine project

The French defence firm tasked with building a new fleet of submarines in Adelaide has invited Australian manufacturers to bid to produce specialised parts in a package it says will generate hundreds of jobs and cost up to $900m.

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Subs builder commits to 30 per cent less local work than first flagged

The French company building Australia’s 12 Future Submarines in Adelaide has confirmed local companies will get just two thirds of the work pledged when it bid for the $80 billion contract five years ago.

Submarine project navigating troubled waters

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.

SA universities team up for French subs company research lab

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.

ASC and French shipbuilder agree to cooperate on submarines

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.

Missing submarine a lesson for Australia

The French designer building Australia’s new fleet of submarines will take lessons from a missing Argentinian vessel.

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