Defence and exclusive global marine contracts swell VEEM profits
Marine manufacturer VEEM has seen revenue jump by a third as defence contracts and exclusive global agreements boost its bottom line.
Hunter frigates will be the best – Marles
Defence Minister Richard Marles has defended the Hunter class anti-submarine warfare frigates being built in Adelaide by BAE Systems from criticism over their $4 billion price tag. Speaking in Darwin where the government received its first MQ-4C Triton long range, long endurance surveillance UAV (pictured), Marles was asked whether $4 billion was good value for…
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DXN in biggest data centre sale Modular data centre manufacturer DXN has signed a contract to supply four cable landing stations for the East Micronesia Cable System. The contracts, worth $5.7 million, is DXN’s largest contract to date. The contracts are for telecommunications operators in the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru and Kiribati and are…
MG Engineering gets to work on Hunter class frigates
Adelaide manufacturer Marine & General (MG) Engineering has joined in the BAE Systems Maritime Australia construction programme building Hunter class frigates at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in Adelaide. BAE Systems has long wanted to involve shipbuilder MG Engineering in the Hunter project as it diversifies the skills and facilities dedicated to the massive project. MG…
New surface combatant fleet will see $11.1 billion increase to defence spend over next decade
The federal government has committed an extra $11.1 billion over the next decade in its announcement on the future surface combatant fleet, in response to an independent analysis finding “in excess of $25 billion in unfunded promises” and following last year’s Defence Strategic Review. There will now be six Hunter Class Frigates, down from nine,…
BAE holds laser pipe scanning trials at shipyards
BAE Systems Australia has conducted successful trials at the Osborne Naval Shipyard and Henderson shipyard utilising laser scanning technology to create 3D models of pipes to be installed on the Hunter class frigates now under construction. The weeklong trials, which followed initial testing at the Line Zero – Factory of the Future facility in Adelaide’s…
AML3D to make test Hunter class frigate parts
Metal 3D printer manufacturer AML3D has received a contract for the manufacture of a test part to be used in preparation of the Hunter class frigates being constructed at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in Adelaide. The company did not detail the part but said it ‘may have application within BAE Systems Maritime Australia’s (BAESMA’s) contract…
Hunter class frigate passes Preliminary Design Review milestone
BAE Systems’ Hunter Class Frigate Program has successfully completed its Preliminary Design Review (PDR), with a celebratory event to mark the completion held at the Company’s Osborne shipyard to mark the milestone. The review, which has been running since July, is a technical assessment that ensures the design is operationally effective and underpins the more…
BAE Systems rolls out ‘Targeted Tasks’ to boost SMEs
Defence manufacturer BAE Systems Australia has developed a new concept in boosting the capabilities of the SME suppliers it relies on through the deployment of ‘Targeted Tasks’. As part of the Hunter Class Frigate Program the company aims to maximise Australian Industry Capability, and has tasked Australian SMEs with a specific scope of work to…
BAE Systems beefs up frigate design, but what then is it?
By Peter Roberts In the face of criticism that Australia is building the wrong type of naval vessel in a time of rising tension, BAE Systems Australia has revealed a more lethal, attack version of the Hunter class frigate it is building in Adelaide. Conceived as a largely anti-submarine vessel, the nine Hunter class frigates…