March 3, 2014
Austal awarded post-delivery support contract on LCS 6
Austal Limited (Austal) (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce it has been awarded a contract for post-delivery support on USS Jackson (Littoral Combat Ship 6). The U.S. Navy awarded Austal USA a $7,120,153 modification to a previously awarded contract to exercise an option for post-delivery support for...
January 17, 2014
Austal celebrates keel laying for Cape Jervis (CCPB05)
Once again demonstrating the rapid progress Austal is making of the Cape Class Patrol Boat Program, on 17 January 2014, Austal hosted the keel-laying ceremony for the fifth vessel (Cape Jervis) of eight 56-metre patrol boats that Austal is designing, building and supporting for the Australian...
January 17, 2014
Austal hands over fuel efficient, low maintenance catamaran to long term client, Aremiti
Austal Limited is pleased to announce the handover of a 79.8m RoPax Catamaran, the most recent iteration of its enduring Auto Express ferry range, to French Polynesian operator and repeat customer SNC Aremiti Ferry. The vessel arrived in Tahiti just before Christmas and was quickly able to enter...
January 17, 2014
Austal Launches USNS Fall River (JHSV 4). First of four Navy ships to be launched at Austal in 2014.
On January 16, 2014, Austal USA successfully completed the launch process of the USNS Fall River (JHSV 4). Recently christened, this 103-meter high-speed catamaran represents the U.S. Department of Defense’s next generation multi-use platform. It is part of a 10-ship program, the funds for all of...
January 11, 2014
USNS Fall River (JHSV 4) Christened - One of seven Navy vessels currently under construction at Austal USA
Austal christened United States Naval Ship Fall River (JHSV 4) this morning at its state-of-the-art shipyard in Mobile, Alabama. USNS Fall River is the fourth of ten Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV) that Austal has under contract with the U.S. Navy as part of an overall 10-ship contract worth over $...
January 7, 2014
Austal Celebrate Second Cape Class Launch
Austal is pleased to announce the launch of the second in series Cape Class Patrol Boat (CCPB) during a ceremony at the company’s Australian Defence Facility in Henderson Western Australia on January 7th 2014. Exactly 1 year to the day after launching Cape st George, Cape Byron was launched some 4...
April 26, 2012
Austal Joint High Speed Vessel USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1) completes Builder's Sea Trials
USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1), the innovative high-speed catamaran transport ship under construction by shipbuilder Austal in Mobile, Alabama, successfully completed Builder's Sea Trials (BST) on April 19 in the Gulf of Mexico. The trials encompassed over 50 demonstration events that enabled the...
December 1, 2010
Austal Propels Badgingarra Pupils Toward National Success
Austal’s Henderson-based research and development team has been helping a group of year 7 pupils at Badgingarra Primary School to improve the aerodynamics and performance of their balsawood model F1 car ahead of a national competition to be held in Sydney next year.
The competition involves...
August 29, 2008
First Ferries Depart Austal Tasmania
The first vessels to be completed at Austal’s Tasmanian shipyard have commenced their 14 day delivery voyage to Hong Kong via the east coast of Australia onboard liftship “Pantanal”
The two 47.5 metre high speed passenger catamarans, built for New World First Ferry (Macau), are scheduled to enter...
July 30, 2008
Austal Submits Final JHSV Proposal To US Navy
Austal USA submitted its Phase II Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) proposal to the US Navy this week bringing to closure the Phase I (Preliminary Design) period. Austal was one of three bidders awarded a Phase I contract in January 2008 and it is expected that a single Phase II contract will be...
