Navantia delivers the fifth corvette built in Bahia de Cadiz to the Royal Saudi Navy in Jeddah
HMS UNAYZAH (C550) the fifth corvette was commissioned on Thursday, 7 March 2024 in Jeddah, for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces.
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Navantia Australia helps engineers return to work following career breaks
20 November 2023
People who have had a career break face an uphill battle when trying to return to work, with a range of challenges from lack of self-confidence to recruiter bias against people with a gap on their CV. Through a new partnership with STEM Returners Australia, Navantia Australia is offering opportunities for engineers who want to return to the profession.
Read MoreDelivering sovereign capability through Australian industry partnerships
9 November 2023
Navantia Australia is establishing a Technology Network Partners to provide sustainable opportunities for the companies to collaborate in delivering engineering design activities under the next phase of Plan Galileo implementation. The initial TPN cohort includes 14 companies – Australian Maritime Technologies, Atlantic & Penisula, Beca, BMT, The Design Technology Co, ESI-ALPHATEC, Ghenova Group, HI Fraser, L3Harris, MARENAV, Rubicon Associates, SAGE Group, Taylor Bros, and Thales Above Water Systems.
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Navantia Australia and UTS launch Marintec, Maritime Institute of Technology
8 November 2023
A sovereign capability partnership that impacts the maritime industry.
Read MoreAMC, RMIT and Navantia Australia collaborate to drive innovation and Research and Development
8 November 2023
Navantia Australia, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and the Australian Maritime College (AMC) - University of Tasmania (UTAS), are partnering to fund PhD scholarships to explore, assess and facilitate the development of solutions for engineering challenges and through life-support and future capabilities for the Australian Navy.
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Austal, Civmec and Navantia Australia partner to offer corvettes for Australia
7 November 2023
Austal, Civmec and Navantia Australia are proud to announce that they have partnered to offer the Australian Government a proposal to deliver six corvettes in recognition of the Navy’s urgent need for increased strike capability. Designed by Navantia, the corvette combines the manoeuvrability of a Tier 2 vessel, with the powerful weaponry of a major surface combatant. The corvettes require a smaller crew than larger ships, without compromising on integrated anti-air, anti-surface, anti-submarine, electronic and asymmetric warfare capabilities, including sovereign solutions such as the Saab Australian combat system and CEA Technologies radars.
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Minister for Defence Industry Hon Pat Conroy MP Opens Navantia Australia’s Expanded Naval Design and Engineering Centre
12 October 2023
Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Pat Conroy MP, formally opened the Navantia Australia Melbourne Naval Design and Engineering Centre at a ceremony on Wednesday 11 October 2023.
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Navantia Australia achieves first milestones for DDG combat system upgrade
11 September 2023
Navantia Australia has achieved on time delivery of every milestone to date, including Preliminary Design Review, for its work as Platform Systems Designer for the SEA4000 Phase 6 Hobart Class Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG) Combat Systems Modernisation program.
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Navantia Australia awarded DDG Platform Systems Design contract
21 August 2023
Navantia Australia has been engaged by the Commonwealth of Australia as the Platform Systems Designer for the SEA4000 Phase 6 Hobart Class Guided Missile Destroyer Combat Systems upgrade. This appointment recognises the position, expertise and knowledge of Navantia Australia as the Hobart Class Guided Missile Destroyer designer to support the Destroyer Capability Enhancement (DCE) program, incorporating the upgrade to Aegis Baseline 9 under the SEA4000 Phase 6 project. The DCE will see the creation of up to 40 full time design and engineering jobs with Navantia Australia in the fields of Combat Systems Interface into the Platform, Naval Architecture, Outfitting, Electrical, Mechanical, Structures, Design Drafting and Systems Engineering.
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Navantia lays the keel of the first F110 frigate in the shipyard of Ferrol
17 August 2023
The keel of the F111 frigate was laid at Navantia’s shipyard in Ferrol (A Coruña), Spain on Wednesday, 9 August 2023. Construction of the F111 began in April 2022 and is the first unit of a series of five new generation frigates designed for the Spanish Navy.
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