Tag: Royal Australian Navy
Australia, UK ink frigate agreement
Australia and the United Kingdom (UK) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on building and delivering the next generation of world-leading...
Cirrus Real Time Processing Systems to supply high-tech training systems to Defence
Award-winning defence software company Cirrus Real Time Processing Systems has secured a $7.5 million contract to improve the Royal Australian Navy’s training system capacity.
The...
Australian company awarded support contract for Navy’s new combat helicopters
Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky Australia has been selected by the US navy to provide sustainment support for the Royal Australian Navy’s new fleet of...
Australia to invest $1.3bn in new Unmanned Aircraft Systems development program
The Federal Government has announced an investment of up to $1.3 billion in a new Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) development program aimed at enhancing...
Defence Industry Minister cuts metal on new Cape-class patrol vessel for Navy
Australia’s Defence Industry Minister Melissa Price officially ‘cut metal’ on the second of six new Cape-class patrol boats to be constructed by Austal Australia...
Industry and researchers invest $4M to develop world-leading shipbuilding manufacturing technologies
Australia’s Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC), the University of South Australia (UniSA) and BAE Systems Australia’s subsidiary, ASC Shipbuilding, are investing more than $4million in...
Austal to build six cape-class patrol vessels for RAN
Austal Australia has won a A$324 million contract to design and construct six evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats (CCPBs) for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Based...
Construction begins on Australia’s third Arafura class OPV
Construction has commenced on the third Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), part of the Government’s $90 billion Continuous Naval Shipbuilding Program which aims to improve...
Raytheon secures new Defence contract
Raytheon Australia has inked a six-year agreement with Defence to provide combat system engineering support services to the Royal Australian Navy.Â
Defence Minister Linda Reynolds said...
Development application submitted for Future Submarine construction yard
In a major development of the Future Submarine Program, Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne has announced that a Development Application has been submitted for...