Tag: Royal Australian Navy
Great news for Spain, bad for Australia – Navantia is the preferred tenderer for...
Spain’s Navantia has been selected as the preferred tenderer for the two replacement replenishment vessels for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
The replenishment ship programme...
Lockheed Martin wins contract to train Australia’s future pilots
Global security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin has been selected by the Australian Department of Defence to oversee the training of the next generation...
Lockheed Martin opens new $3m lab in SA to support RAN next-gen submarine force
In collaboration with Saab Australia and Thales Australia, global defence company Lockheed Martin has officially opened its new high-tech laboratory in Adelaide which is intended to...
BAE Systems to deliver NUSHIP Adelaide later this year
BAE Systems has announced that the second of the Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) ships being built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)Â commenced her final...
Continuous naval shipbuilding program announcement welcomed by shipbuilders and unions
The Federal Government’s announcement of a commitment to a continuous shipbuilding plan for the Royal Australian Navy’s surface fleet has been welcomed by a...
Nuship Canberra departs Melbourne
Australia’s first Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) ship Nuship Canberra has been farewelled from BAE System’s Williamstown shipyard as she departed for Sydney, the company...
Outsourcing shipbuilding program could ‘sink’ Australian shipyards, AMWU says
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) has voiced its concern about the Abbott Government’s decision to exclude Australian-based companies from tendering for the construction...
Forgacs to close historic Brisbane dock
Newcastle ship-builder Forgacs is set to close its ship maintenance operations at Cairncross Graving Dock, citing the strength of the Aussie dollar and the...
Forgacs to pull the plug on its Newcastle shipbuilding site in 2015 unless Government...
Forgacs Engineering Pty Ltd, one of the major shipbuilding companies in Australia, has announced that it intends to close down its site in Newcastle...
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