Sea

Sydney based company Britton Maritime Systems has been awarded a $9 million contract to build 12 Gemini seaboats for the new evolved Cape Class Patrol Boats.

A contract has been signed with Thales UK, through Lockheed Martin Australia, for the design of the Attack class outboard flank array.

Naval Group Australia has today launched a major new jobs package.

Defence is looking for an Australian industry partner to deliver a new, innovative approach to the sustainment of Navy’s fleet through the establishment of Regional Maintenance Centres.

The RAN has announced a ceremonial homeport relationship between NUSHIP Supply and the Port of Eden.

A new Maritime Underwater Tracking Range will be built in WA.

PMB Defence (PMB) have been assigned the contract to supply main storage batteries to Saab for Sweden’s next generation submarines.

Asia Pacific Aerospace, which is GE Aviation’s only MRO provider for T700 customers in the Asia-Pacific, has secured a five-year extension to its provider agreement with the original equipment manufacturer.

Sydney City Marine (SCM) has successfully docked and undocked HMAS Diamantina, one of the RAN’s 52m Huon Class Minehunter Coastal vessels.

New underwater technology has been successfully deployed across the Torres Strait to combat illegal activity in the region, particularly illegal foreign fishing.

In a speech to the Submarine Institute of Australia conference this week, Minister for Defence Linda Reynolds has pushed back against the argument that submarines are obsolete.

Lockheed Martin Australia has announced the award of seven contracts to Australian industry and academic organisations for a combined value of $525,000 to author White Papers for the future submarines.

ASC Shipbuilding has signed a contract with Indigenous Australian company, TQCSI-Yaran, to commence work during the prototyping phase of the Hunter class frigate program.

The RAN and Defence Industry have put robots to the test in a simulated counter-disaster operation in Brisbane.

Flinders University has welcomed the SA Government’s funding announcement which will fast track the development of the Line Zero – Factory of the Future to support the Hunter class program.

Western Sydney University researchers have been awarded a ‘Global-X’ research grant from the US Office of Naval Research Global to lead an exciting new project utilising world-first event-based underwater sensing technology.