March 2, 2018
AUSTAL WELCOMES NAMING OF THE FIFTEENTH INDEPENDENCE CLASS LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP AS THE USS CANBERRA (LCS30)
MEDIA RELEASE
2 MARCH 2018
AUSTAL (ASX:ASB) has welcomed the announcement by US President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that the fifteenth Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to be designed and built by Austal USA will be christened the USS Canberra.
In a...
March 1, 2018
AUSTAL DELIVERS SEVENTH LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP, THE FUTURE USS MANCHESTER (LCS14) TO U.S. NAVY
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT
2 MARCH 2018
Austal (ASX:ASB) today delivered the seventh vessel in the Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) class to the U.S. Navy.
The future USS Manchester is the second LCS delivered to the Navy by Austal in less than six months, following the USS Omaha (LCS 12...
February 18, 2018
AUSTAL WINS CONTRACT FOR FRIGATE (FFG(X)) CONCEPT DESIGN BY UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT
19 FEBRUARY 2018
AUSTAL (ASX:ASB) today celebrated the US$15 million dollar fixed price contract for the Guided Missile Frigate FFG(X) Concept Design.
The contract will develop the Austal Frigate design to meet the FFG(X) system specification with the goal of reducing cost,...
January 28, 2018
AUSTAL WELCOMES GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY IN DEFENCE EXPORTS
Media Release
29 January 2018
AUSTAL (ASX:ASB) welcomes the Federal Government’s announcement to support greater Australian defence exports.
The Defence Export Strategy will see the establishment of a Defence Export Office as well as a $3.8 billion Defence Export Facility administered by EFIC,...
January 22, 2018
AULONG JOINT VENTURE SECURES CONTRACTS FOR FOUR NEW HIGH SPEED FERRIES IN CHINA
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT
22 JANUARY 2018
AULONG JOINT VENTURE SECURES CONTRACTS FOR FOUR NEW HIGH SPEED FERRIES IN CHINA
Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce Aulong Shipbuilding, a joint venture company between Austal and Guandong Jianglong Shipbuilding of China, has secured contracts for...
December 28, 2017
NEW PASSENGER FERRY CONTRACT FROM SNC AREMITI CELEBRATES AUSTAL’S FIFTH VESSEL FOR FRENCH POLYNESIA
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT
28 DECEMBER 2017
NEW PASSENGER FERRY CONTRACT FROM SNC AREMITI CELEBRATES AUSTAL’S FIFTH VESSEL FOR FRENCH POLYNESIA
Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) today announced that long-standing client and French Polynesia’s leading commercial ferry operator, SNC Aremiti (part of the Groupe...
December 28, 2017
AUSTAL DESIGNED & BUILT LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP COMPLETES ACCEPTANCE TRIALS
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT
28 DECEMBER 2017
AUSTAL DESIGNED & BUILT LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP COMPLETES ACCEPTANCE TRIALS
AUSTAL (ASX:ASB) today announced the future USS Manchester (LCS 14) has successfully completed acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico. This is the last significant milestone...
December 10, 2017
AUSTAL AND JR KYUSHU JET FERRY PROPOSE INTERNATIONAL HIGH SPEED TRIMARAN SOLUTION IN JAPAN
NEWS RELEASE
8 DECEMBER 2017
AUSTAL AND JR KYUSHU JET FERRY PROPOSE INTERNATIONAL HIGH SPEED TRIMARAN SOLUTION IN JAPAN
Austal (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce the establishment of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Austal Australia and JR Kyushu Jet Ferry to develop a new high speed...
November 23, 2017
AUSTAL STATEMENT ON OFFSHORE PATROL VESSEL ANNOUNCEMENT
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT
24 NOVEMBER 2017
The Federal Government has announced today that Luerssen will be awarded the prime contract to deliver the Royal Australian Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs).
Austal is pleased that the Government has indicated that Luerssen will use Austal to build the...
November 5, 2017
COMMONWEALTH ANNOUNCES INTENT TO PURCHASE TWO ADDITIONAL PACIFIC PATROL BOATS
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT
6 NOVEMBER 2017
Austal (ASX:ASB) welcomes the announcement by the Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull and Timor-Leste Prime Minister, Mari Alkatiri, that Timor Leste would take two of Austal’s Guardian Class Pacific Patrol Boats (PPBs). When contracted this will...
