The federal government has selected Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ (MHI) upgraded Mogami-class frigate for Project SEA 3000, with the first three of 11 to be built in Japan and the rest in Western Australia. MHI’s Mogami was announced as the preferred platform for general purpose frigates fleet on Tuesday, beating Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems’ MEKO A200s.…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Monash betadine battery breakthrough begets new company Engineering researchers from Monash University have formed a new lithium sulphur (Li-S) battery startup, armed with chemistry inspired by an over-the-counter antiseptic and initially targeting drone applications. According to a statement from the…
The federal government has down-selected two shipbuilders, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, to progress designs for Australia’s future general purpose frigates under the SEA 3000 programme. In May, Defence released an approach to market to five shipbuilders, with Defence now planning to work with the two industry partners to further develop the proposals…