Navantia S.A. has designated Navantia Australia as the Class Manager for the Hobart Class family of warships. The announcement represents a significant milestone in the development of the sovereign capability of Navantia Australia and strengthens Australia’s naval shipbuilding credentials.

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Navantia Australia welcomes the Australian Government’s announcement today advising that SEA 4000 Phase 3, the Air Warfare Destroyer program, has been removed from the Projects of Concern list.

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Navantia Australia has today announced a new contract with Tasmanian firm Taylor Bros, embedding a Taylor Bros Team into Navantia Australia’s Design and Production teams for the SEA 5000 program. The Integrated Product Team will identify feasible solutions to meet the mixed messing requirements for the Future Frigates and scheduling of work. The project commenced this week.

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A Navantia-led team has submitted its tender response for the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) program, with global defence and security company Saab as the Combat Systems Integrator (CSI) and CEA Technologies providing key elements of the proposed solution.

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Navantia Australia has today announced a new contract with Lai Switchboards Australia to conduct preliminary studies into the design and build of low voltage switchboards as part of Navantia Australia’s proposal for the Australian Government’s Future Frigate program.

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One of Australia’s leading companies in the design and manufacture of composite structures, South Australian based Airspeed, and Navantia Australia have today announced a new contract with to conduct design studies into the use of composite materials on Navantia Australia’s ships.

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Navantia Australia is proud to be the gold sponsor of Australian Defence Magazine’s STEM in Defence Summit presented in Canberra today. The Summit is the first of its kind in Australia and will focus on the overwhelming need for the defence industry to champion and grow the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) workforce.

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Navantia Australia’s Board Director Francisco Baron, Managing Director Donato Martinez, and Supply Chain Manager Greg Keen, will visit Tasmania this week to tour regional defence enterprises and discuss future naval shipbuilding partnerships.

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Navantia and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works have signed a teaming agreement to collaborate on the U.S. Navy’s next-generation FFG(X) Guided Missile Frigate. The partnership between Bath Iron Works, the designer and builder of some of the most advanced warships in the world, and Navantia, the world’s premier frigate designer, will provide the most capable and affordable light surface combatant for the US Navy.

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Navantia Australia welcomes the Australian Government’s selection of Lürssen as its partner for the Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) program. With the initial OPVs to be built in Adelaide before construction moves to Western Australia, the decision will see the retention of some of the skilled workforce in the Adelaide shipyard.

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