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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.
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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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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.
The French designer building Australia’s new fleet of submarines will take lessons from a missing Argentinian vessel.
The French Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Naval Group held an event recently to celebrate the latter’s new Keswick offices, where 12 Future Submarines will be designed and built.
Premier Jay Weatherill will leave for a European trip tonight, pitching it as a mission to attract new investment in the state.
