The Future Submarine project will be the largest and most complex Defence project ever undertaken by Australia and will involve hundreds of companies and thousands of workers.
Minister for
Defence Stephen Smith, Minister for Finance and Deregulation Senator Penny Wong
and Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare have announced Australia’s Future Submarine Systems Centre will
be based in Adelaide.
Home of the Future Submarine program, the Centre will be formally established
this year and over the next few years it will expand to include hundreds of
Defence personnel from Navy, the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO), the
Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) and the Australian and
international Defence Industry.
A similar facility to the one that was established for the
Air Warfare Destroyer project, the Centre will undertake a variety of tasks
including evaluation of options, design work, program management, engineering,
logistics and production planning.
The Future Submarine project will be the largest and most complex Defence project
ever undertaken by Australia
and will involve hundreds of companies and thousands of workers.
Currently four options are being considered for the Future Submarine fleet
ranging from military off-the-shelf to a wholly new design.
Defence is undertaking a wide range of studies into these
four options before returning to Government for First Pass
approval around late 2013/early 2014.
Minsiter Smith and Misister Clare also welcomed David
Gould to his new role in the Department of Defence as General Manager
Submarines.
As General Manager Submarines, Gould will have the responsibility
for the oversight of the maintenance of the current Collins Class fleet and the
Future Submarine Project.
The Future Submarine project will be the largest and most complex Defence project ever undertaken by Australia and will involve hundreds of companies and thousands of workers.
