LCS 12 completes acceptance trials
MAY 23, 2017 — Naval Sea Systems Command reports that the Navy’s future USS Omaha (LCS 12) successfully conducted its acceptance trials May 12 after completing a series of graded in-port and
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Austal delivers first Cape Class patrol boat
APRIL 25, 2017 — Austal (ASX:ASB) reports that its Henderson, Western Australia, shipyard has delivered the first of two Cape-class patrol boats for the Royal Australian Navy, the Australian Defence Vessel (ADV)
Austal USA hands over Expeditionary Fast Transport
APRIL 22, 2017—At one of the largest aluminium vessel construction facilities in the world, Austal USA continues to roll out high-speed, multi-hull vessels for the U.S. Navy from its massive shipyard in
Austal gets $36.6 million mod to LCS contract
MARCH 20, 2017 —Austal USA LLC, Mobile, AL, is being awarded a $36,608,865 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-11-C-2301 to exercise options for the accomplishment of Littoral Combat Ship core class
Austal achieves Pacific Patrol Boat program milestone
FEBRUARY 24, 2017 — Austal (ASX:ASB) reports that the Detailed Design Review (DDR) for the A$306 million Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement (PPB-R) Project has been successfully completed on time and in accordance
EPF 8 completes Navy acceptance trials
FEBRUARY 12, 2017 — Naval Sea Systems Command reports that he future USNS Yuma (EPF 8) successfully completed Acceptance Trials on Jan. 26 after two days of underway evaluation in the Gulf
Austal Philippines to build 56 m cat for German owner
DECEMBER 16, 2016 — Germany’s Förde Reederei Seetouristik (FRS Group) has awarded Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) a €15.47 million (about US$16.1million) contract for a high-speed passenger ferry. It is Austal’s sixth new commercial
Austal gets $7.8 million mod to LCS contract
DECEMBER 15, 2015 — Shipbuilder Austal USA LLC, Mobile, Alabama, is being awarded a $7,800,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2301) to exercise options for core Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)
Next two LCS to be named to honor their shipyard cities
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 — In a ceremony at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, today, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced that the next Freedom and Independence variant Littoral
Austal USA awarded $248.8 million EPF contract
SEPTEMBER 16, 2016 — Austal USA, Mobile, AL, is being awarded a $248,898,142 modification to previously awarded Navy contract N00024-16-C-2217. The award covers the design and construction of two Expeditionary Fast Transport