Australia’s Future Submarine Program
Signing of the Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA)
Signing of the Naval Group Australia and ASC Framework Agreement
Submarine Construction Yard expressions of interest released
Signing of the Submarine Design Contract
Second cohort of Australian Design Authority engineers move to France for 3 years of training as part of the Transfer of Technology
Signing of the Naval Shipbuilding Strategic Workforce Plan
Jeumont Electric signed on to assist with design of main electric propulsion equipment
Schneider Electric enlisted for the procurement of submarine main DC switchboards
Largest contract to date signed to deliver shipyard equipment including large capacity milling machines
Babcock subcontracted for work on weapon discharge system
MOU agreements signed with Australian companies on torpedo countermeasure technology