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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The Hon. Brendan O’Connor MP, Minister for Skills and Training visited Navantia Australia’s Naval Design and Engineering Centre (DEC) in Docklands, Victoria on Thursday, 27 July 2023, meeting with the Centre’s 100 strong Australian workforce. The DEC is the heart of Navantia Australia’s naval ship design and engineering capacity and is dedicated to delivering technological solutions to the Royal Australian Navy.

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Navantia Australia Smart Sustainment Manager, Dr Alberto González Cantos, has been awarded an Honorary Appointment as a Visiting Fellow of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology. This appointment comes as Navantia Australia and UTS formed the Joint Institute in June, which combines Navantia Australia’s professional experience and industry insights and UTS’s academic expertise in engineering and IT solutions, as well as a focus on research with real-world and commercial applications.

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Navantia Australia Smart Sustainment Manager, Dr Alberto González Cantos, received a Silver Commendation from the Department of Defence for his meaningful contributions to resolving technical challenges experienced by HMAS Adelaide during Operation (OP) Tonga Assist.

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Last week teams from secondary schools across New South Wales battled it out to find out who would be this year’s NSW State Finals of the SUBS in Schools Technology Challenge™ held recently at Sydney Motorsport Park. Congratulations to all the teams and to the winners – Atlas Systems, Orca, Odyssey, AquariUS, Hydro Hunters, Bubble Scout and Titanic II. Navantia Australia participated as judges in the program for the first time.

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From one Spanish expatriate to the largest dedicated sovereign naval design and engineering centre in Australia, Navantia Australia has cemented itself as the Royal Australian Navy’s sovereign design partner over its ten years of operation. Providing the designs, sustainment, and through life support for over 60% of the Navy’s fleet, Navantia Australia has committed to delivering step change capability to the Australian Defence Force through a locally developed workforce. Celebrating a decade of Navantia Australia, we reflect on the projects, the people and vision that has driven the company over the past ten years.

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British-led Team Resolute, comprising BMT, Harland & Wolff and Navantia UK, has been appointed as the preferred bidder to deliver three crucial support ships to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). The £1.6 billion contract (before inflation) to manufacture the vessels providing munitions, stores and provisions to the Royal Navy’s aircraft carriers, destroyers and frigates deployed at sea, is subject to HM Treasury and Ministerial approval. Team Resolute will be making a significant investment into the UK and help to level up UK Government defence spend across the whole Union. We will create high quality UK jobs, apprenticeships and four facilities across the UK which will have shipbuilding capabilities fit for the 21st century.

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Landing Craft Australia (LCA), a joint venture between Navantia Australia and UGL, recently visited Bossong Engineering’s Welshpool facilities where pre-production of sections may take place if LCA is successful in its bid to deliver the Australian Army’s future littoral manoeuvre capability.

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Navantia Australia and UGL form the Littoral Alliance in a joint effort for the Australian Army’s LCM-8 replacement project, LAND 8710-1 Littoral Manoeuvre Vessel Medium (LMV-M).

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Navantia Australia and University of Technology Sydney to form an industry-led joint research institute to develop digital technologies.

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