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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The keel of the first of two Australian auxiliary oiler and replenishment ships (AORs) was laid in the Ferrol shipyard today in a ceremony attended by Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Tim Barrett, AO, CSC, RAN, chair of Navantia S.A. José Esteban Garcia Vilasanchez and chair of Navantia Australia Warren King.

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Today, teams from RAAF Edinburgh and 7RAR square off to raise money for the Women's and Children's Hospital in the inaugural Baker Gordon Shield T20 Cricket Match. Navantia Australia is proud to be the major sponsor of this event.

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Navantia Australia today signed a memorandum of understanding with TAFE SA and the Welding Technology Institute of Australia (WTIA) to establish an Intelligent Welder Training Facility in Adelaide.

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Few Australians would have heard of Ferrol, a tiny shipbuilding town in Spain's north-west. Fewer still would have visited. But it is at the Bay of Ferrol in Galicia, crowned with iconic shipyard cranes, where the Australian-Spanish alliance intersects – where the Armada meets Adelaide.

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