The pace of preparations for manufacturing the Attack class submarines is picking up with Naval Group Australia releasing $1 million in new opportunities for local suppliers of manufactured and ready-made items for inclusion in the submarines. Released through the Industry Capability Network’s Naval Group portal, the opportunities include 27 separate work packages that comprise 39…
Naval Group Australia has developed a program to help women develop welding skills they could use during construction of the Attack Class submarines in Adelaide. The company, the government of South Australia’s Skilling South Australia initiative and the Adelaide Training and Employment Centre is offering a new course offering entry-level training in skills needed to…
Submarine builder Naval Group Australia has put out a call to source $100 million worth of tools and equipment for the new shipyard being built at Osborne in South Australia ahead of the building of a submarine hull qualification section in 2023. The company is looking for 1,000 different ready-made and custom manufactured items from…
France’s Naval Group has given its strongest commitment yet to spend locally at least 60 per cent of the contract value for the 12 new Attack Class submarines under construction in Adelaide. Inclusion of the figure in the Strategic Partnering Agreement follows the company’s offer in 2020 that a local spend of at least 60…
French submarine builder Naval Group has announced a step up in research and innovation with the establishment of a CNRS International Research Lab (IRL) Crossing lab in Australia. The company, which is building Attack class submarines in Adelaide, is the industry partner in the Crossing laboratory along with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique…
Naval Group Australia has today begun its largest apprenticeship intake to date with applications open for apprentice fabricators who will eventually work on construction of 12 Attack class submarines at Osborne in Adelaide. The French-owned group is looking for at least 13 new apprentices to begin work in early 2021 and follows the successful placement…
France’s Naval Group Australia will open a new $25 million office in Port Adelaide as it gears up for construction of the Attack class submarine at nearby Osborne. The submarine builder has now welcomed its 250th employee as part of a rapid ramp up of staff on the way to future direct employment of 1,700.…
French submarine builder Naval Group and the Department of Defence have responded to criticism and have issued a joint statement on Australian industry involvement in the construction of 12 Attack class submarines in Adelaide. The joint statement does not mention concerns that have been raised about the level of local participation in the project. However…
Submarine builder Naval Group and composites manufacturer Airspeed have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enter a design competition organised by Lockheed Martin Australia. Lockheed is a major contractor for systems for the Attack Class submarine which will be built in Adelaide by Naval Group itself. The two companies, strangely including the submarine builder…
Naval Group has signed nine different Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with Australian SMEs to manufacture its Canto anti-torpedo decoy system. Already in service with the French navy, Canto is being proposed as a torpedo-defence system for the Royal Australian Navy. Canto decoys generate high-level acoustic signals covering the full frequency range of an attacking torpedo,…
