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Media Releases

For all the latest information on Austal’s global operations and activity, we invite you to review these latest Media Releases.

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November 24, 2016
Austal's Littoral Combat Ship 10 Completes Acceptance Trials
Austal Limited (Austal) (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce that Littoral Combat Ship 10 (LCS 10), the future USS Gabrielle Giffords, successfully completed U.S. Navy acceptance trials on November 18, 2016. The trials, the last significant milestone before delivery, were undertaken in the Gulf of...
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November 15, 2016
Austal Delivers High Speed Offshore Crew Transfer Vessel
Austal Limited (Austal) (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce it has delivered its second high speed crew transfer vessel this year, to Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO). The 57.6-metre, all-aluminium catamaran was designed by Incat Crowther and constructed by Austal’s shipyard in the Philippines. It is the...
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October 31, 2016
Austal Wins Two WA Industry Export Awards
Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce that Austal Australia’s strong export success in FY2016 has been recognised by the Export Council of Australia with the awarding of two Western Australian Industry & Export Awards. Austal Australia, the Australian shipbuilder bidding for the...
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October 19, 2016
Austal's Global Support Business Continues To Grow With New LCS 10 Post Shakedown Availability Contract
Austal Limited (Austal) (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce the U.S. Navy has awarded a contract to Austal USA, to provide engineering and management services support of the Post Shakedown Availability for Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10). The US$12 million...
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October 13, 2016
Austal Welcomes News Of Independence Variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS4) Arrival Into US 7th Fleet
Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) has welcomed news of USS Coronado (LCS 4), an Independence variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) designed and constructed by Austal, entering the US 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) last week. The forward deployment of USS Coronado is the first overseas deployment by an...
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October 12, 2016
Austal Australia Announced As A Finalist For The 2016 WA Industry And Export Awards
Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce that Austal Australia’s strong export success has been formally recognised by the Export Council of Australia and West Australian Minister for Commerce, The Hon. Michael Mischin MLC with the announcement of the finalists for the 2016 WA Industry and...
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October 10, 2016
Austal Awarded Armidale Class Patrol Boat Remediation Work
Austal Limited (Austal) (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce that Austal Australia will deliver  an important mid-life remediation program to the Royal Australian Navy’s Armidale Class Patrol Boat (ACPB) fleet. Austal will undertake a number of hull remediation and configuration changes as well as...
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September 16, 2016
Austal Awarded New A$434 Million US Navy Contract
Austal Limited (Austal) (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce Austal USA has been awarded a A$434 million contract for the design and construction of two Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessels (EPF 11 and EPF 12) for the U.S. Navy. This amount includes contracts for long-lead time materials that...
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September 14, 2016
Austal Delivers Third-Party-Designed 70 metre Vessel To Azerbaijan
Austal Limited (Austal) (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce the on-time, on-specification and on- budget delivery of the Incat-Crowther designed ‘Offshore Express 70’ large crew transfer vessel, Rashid Behbudov, to Caspian Marine Services Limited (CMS) of Azerbaijan. Austal has delivered yet another...
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September 8, 2016
Austal Delivers Second High Speed Support Vessel To Royal Navy Of Oman
Austal Limited (Austal) (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce the RNOV Al Naasir (S12) High Speed Support Vessel (HSSV) has been delivered to the Royal Navy of Oman. Less than 4 months after the successful, on-time and on-budget delivery of the RNOV Al Mubshir (S11), in May 2016, the RNOV Al Naasir (...
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