June 1, 2015
Austal Awarded Contract To Construct 70M Fast Crew Boat
Austal Limited (Austal) (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce it has entered into a contract with Caspian Marine Services Limited of Azerbaijan to construct one 70 metre Fast Crew Boat.
The contract is valued at US$34 million (approximately $44.5 million).
The 30 knot, 150 passenger catamaran shall be...
May 27, 2015
Austal Finalises Agreement With General Dynamics Bath Iron Works For Littoral Combat Ship Planning Yard Design Services Contract
Austal Limited (Austal) (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce that Austal USA and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works have executed a sub-contract for Littoral Combat Ship Planning Yard Design Services. This was previously announced as a teaming arrangement in August 2014.
Littoral Combat Ship
The work,...
May 19, 2015
Austal launches Joint High Speed Vessel USNS Brunswick
This is the second U.S. Navy ship launched at Austal USA’s Mobile, Ala. shipyard in less than three months.
MOBILE, Ala. –Austal launched the recently christened USNS Brunswick (JHSV 6) at its state-of-the-art ship manufacturing facility in Mobile, Ala., today.
With the 338-foot Joint High Speed...
May 15, 2015
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May 10, 2015
JHSV 6 is the second U.S. Navy vessel to be christened at Austal’s Mobile, Ala. shipyard in under six months.
Austal celebrated the christening of USNS Brunswick (JHSV 6) with a ceremony this morning at its state-of-the-art shipyard in Mobile, Ala. USNS Brunswick is the sixth of ten Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV) that Austal has under contract with the U.S. Navy as part of an overall 10-ship block-buy...
May 2, 2015
Austal Delivers Sixth Cape Class Patrol Boat
Austal Limited (Austal) (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce it has delivered Cape Leveque, the sixth of eight Cape Class Patrol Boats being supplied to the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service under a $330 million design, build and in-service support contract.
Two Cape Class Patrol Boats...
April 16, 2015
Austal USA Awarded LCS Contract For Post Shakedown Availability Support
Austal Limited (Austal) (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce it has been awarded a US$11,038,412 cost-plus-award-fee order against the previously awarded Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) N00024-15-G-2304 to provide engineering and management services for advance planning and design in support of the...
April 14, 2015
Austal Delivers Fifth Joint High Speed Vessel
Austal Limited (Austal) (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce it has successfully delivered Joint High Speed Vessel 5 (JHSV 5), USNS Trenton, to the US Navy.
USNS Trenton is the fifth JHSV built by Austal at its shipyard in Mobile, Alabama, under a 10 ship, US$1.6 billion contract.
Joint High Speed...
April 6, 2015
Austal Achieves Significant Milestone On High Speed Support Vessels
Austal is pleased to announce the bridge layout for two 72 metre High Speed Support Vessels (HSSVs) for the Royal Navy of Oman has been formally approved during a ceremony held at Austal Australia’s shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia today.
To celebrate this significant milestone, Rear...
April 1, 2015
U.S. Navy funds two further littoral combat ships, with option added for a third
Austal Limited (Austal) (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce that construction of two additional Littoral Combat Ships has been funded by the U.S. Navy.
The vessels, LCS 22 and LCS 24, will be the ninth and tenth Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ships built by Austal as prime contractor under its...
