Top 5 equipment

These major critical systems include any system where its failure would prevent a submarine from safely proceeding to, or remaining at, sea or achieving its operation. This includes the diesels, main motor, generators, power conversion and distribution system, weapons handling and discharge systems, the bilge and ballast system, and the main batteries.

Critical equipment

Critical equipment refers to a material or system that plays a major role in the Whole Warship performances and architecture; has a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) under 5 at the beginning of feasibility studies phase (with lead time for procurement exceeding one year); or accounts for over 1% of the Program’s overall procurement cost.

Main equipment

Main equipment refers to a piece of equipment or system, although not being critical, that strongly impacts the layout; has lead time for procurement exceeding six months; or accounts for over 0.5% of the Program’s overall procurement cost.

Secondary equipment

Although not classified as critical or main equipment, secondary equipment is specifically designed for FSP (as opposed to standard equipment that may be used by various warship programs). It has little impact on warship architecture, balances, arrangement and/or purchasing.

Standard equipment

Standard equipment means common technology products. It covers ‘trans-functional’ materials and semi-finished products in various technology fields.

Contractor designed equipment

This is equipment designed by Naval Group Australia and manufactured by Naval Group Australia or, to some extent, by qualified subcontractors.

As a supplier to Naval Group Australia, it’s your responsibility to ensure you’re compliant with the following:

●  Ensure all necessary Export Approvals are in place to provide relevant Goods and Technology to Naval Group Australia

●  Ensure the relevant approved scope of any Export Approvals enables Naval Group Australia full use of the Goods and Technology in the context of the AFSP

●  Ensure appropriate markings are on all export controlled material, and that the markings remain consistent and relevant to the Goods and Technology you’re supplying

●  Ensure all applicable Export Authorisations are provided to Naval Group Australia. If this isn’t possible, you’ll need to provide the reference numbers of any applicable authorisations and ensure that any limitations or specific requirements for the use of the Goods and Technology is communicated in writing to Naval Group Australia

●  Ensure all applicable supporting documentation to an Authorisation is executed (for example, End-User Certificates and End-User Statements).

Suppliers of Naval Group Australia may need export approval within the process of receiving Goods and Technology throughout the Program. Obtaining export approval can be a lengthy process, and failure to consider and address the below points may result in delays to access information from Naval Group Australia.

●  When giving us your company details, please provide your full company name as it appears on any legal business registry, as well as the address where you’ll be receiving the Goods and Technology. If you have multiple addresses, please also provide these. If you trade under a different name, please also provide this.

●  If you have a parent company, subsidiary, business partner or you need to engage other suppliers in the context of working with us, these companies may also require export approval, so please provide these companies details where required and as soon it’s identified.

●  If there are any changes to the above, inform Naval Group Australia in writing immediately.

Defence Industry Security Program (DISP)

Naval Group Australia is committed to delivering the Royal Australian Navy with an uncompromised sovereign submarine capability, underpinned by a security culture that’s strong, positive and sustainable. To make this happen, Naval Group Australia Security Department will assist and guide suppliers to achieve and maintain DISP membership requirements.

As part of our commitment to the Commonwealth of Australia and the Department of Defence, we’ll work with and support our Industry partners on security related matters and reinforce the implementation of the Defence Industry Security Program (DISP), which is aimed at supporting Industry to be Defence ready.

For more information and advice on becoming Defence-ready, visit the DISP website.

Australian Government Security Vetting Agency (AGSVA)

This is the central vetting agency for the Australian Government that conducts security clearance assessments for federal, state and territory agencies. Click here for more information.

Export control info

We’re committed to ensuring national and regional security by complying with all applicable laws and regulations. We comply with arms and export control regimes, and are dependent on our suppliers to inform us on any export control restrictions on the Goods and Technology that’s supplied to us.