Tag: Naval Group
BAE cuts 371 jobs in the UK due to declining Typhoon jet sales
BAE Systems is axing 371 jobs from its sites in Samlesbury and Warton in the UK as the defence giant is winding down production...
Continuous naval shipbuilding program announcement welcomed by shipbuilders and unions
The Federal Government’s announcement of a commitment to a continuous shipbuilding plan for the Royal Australian Navy’s surface fleet has been welcomed by a...
Sweden out of contention for Australia’s A$50bn submarine project
The list of potential partners for the A$50 billion Australian submarine project has shrunk to three contenders after Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced on...
Prime Minister Abbott under pressure to hold submarine tender
Prime Minister Tony Abbott is under growing pressure form industry, regional officials, labour unions and members of his own party to have an open...
Nuship Canberra departs Melbourne
Australia’s first Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) ship Nuship Canberra has been farewelled from BAE System’s Williamstown shipyard as she departed for Sydney, the company...
New training centre to transform Australia’s naval industry
The Australian Maritime College (AMC) at the University of Tasmania will be the home of a new training centre for highly qualified Navy engineers...
Australian boatbuilder Birdon Group wins US$259M contract
Australian marine engineering group Birdon has won a $A290 million contract to supply around 374 specialty naval crafts to the US Army, according to a...
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From ship repair to autonomous underwater vehicles: Griffin Industrial’s next chapter with growth capital
Some of Australia’s most critical manufacturing happens where almost no one sees it: inside a fuel tank on a Navy tanker, in a machine shop south of Perth, on a workshop floor in western Sydney where a team is helping build autonomous underwater vehicles. Griffin Industrial does all three.
