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, 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 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 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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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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