There are a lot of moving parts involved in building a sovereign Australian nuclear submarine capability and 28 personnel from Australian shipbuilder ASC are now at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF). The team arrived under the Australia, United Kingdom and United States (AUKUS) enhanced trilateral security partnership. They will be trained and certified on various aspects of submarine maintenance to support the AUKUS Pillar 1 program that is...
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Australian government approves next phase of Collins-class submarines’ life-of-type extension
HMAS Farncomb will be the first of the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) six Collins-class submarines to undergo sustainment and capability enhancement under a life-of-type extension program being implemented by the Australian government, the Australian Department of Defence (DOD) confirmed earlier this week. The life-of-type extension program is part of the government’s commitment to invest AU$4 […]
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Two companies selected to build Australia’s first nuclear-powered submarines
The Australian government has selected UK defence firm BAE Systems and South Australia-based shipbuilder ASC for the construction of Australia’s new fleet of nuclear-powered submarines as part of the AUKUS trilateral security pact between the United States, the UK, and Australia. Under the AUKUS...
Australian submarine suffers onboard fire while at sea
A submarine of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) suffered an electrical fire while underway in an incident that occurred last month, Australia’s ABC News reported on Tuesday, September 26. No details have been provided as to when the fire ignited on board the Collins-class diesel-electric submarine...
RAN’s second Arafura-class patrol vessel to be delayed by six months
The Australian Financial Review reports that the second Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) being built by Luerssen Australia and ASC for the Royal Australian Navy ..