(Last post extract was from July 2013)
It seems that SEA 1180 was later reactivated in 2015, with a contract awarded to Luerssen Australia and Civmec Limited in 2018, but things are apparently not going well at all...
2010s
arafura-class offshore patrol vessel
asc shipbuilding
australian department of defence
civmec limited
cold war ii
commonwealth of australia
early 2020s
early 21st century
late 2000s
luerssen australia
naval vessels lürssen
offshore patrol combatant
offshore patrol craft
offshore patrol vessel
opv
post-cold war
royal australian navy
sea 1180 phase 1
war on terror
This 2019 brainstorm from the Acquisition, Technology, & Logistics Agency seems to be still moving ahead, and is a bit odd even for that ill-starred front for the Finance Ministry (ostensible status as a MOD agency notwithstanding!).
Apparently the idea was/is to enable the MSDF to be able to...
G'day gents
I'm looking for information, drawings, pictures of models..... of the Tranfield Shipbuilding 'Joint Patrol Vessel' design submission for the Joint Australian/Malaysian program of the 1990's. The program originally entailed the need for 27 vessels for Malaysia and 12 vessels for...
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