Australian general purpose frigate program

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Australia commits to modern and lethal general purpose frigates

The Australian federal government has announced the intended acquisition of 11 new general purpose frigates to complement the country’s combat-ready fleet of warships.

www.defenceconnect.com.au

 

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Australia fast-tracks its hunt for replacement frigates

Shipbuilders were reportedly given four weeks to respond to the request, plus another three weeks to explain how follow-on frigates can be locally built.

www.defensenews.com

 

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Australia to Double Fleet Size with Small Warships - Naval News

Australia will slash the number of Hunter frigates being bought to free up funding for "Tier 2" small warships that will help double the fleets size.

www.navalnews.com

Hunter Class: 6 (-3)
Tier 2 FFG : +11
Optionally crewed LUSV : +6

 

[starviking]

Australia fast-tracks its hunt for replacement frigates

Shipbuilders were reportedly given four weeks to respond to the request, plus another three weeks to explain how follow-on frigates can be locally built.

www.defensenews.com

Looks like they are just sticking with the exemplars.

It’s a pity, as I would have liked to see the A140 in the race.

EDIT: spelling

 

[Grey Havoc]

Hanwha Shows Frigate With Australian Radar

Hanwha for the first time at ADAS 2024 shows their Ocean 4300 frigate integrated with Australian CEAFAR radar suite.

www.navalnews.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

From back in July:

Project Sea 3000: What we know - Australian Defence Magazine

The Royal Australian Navy’s new general purpose frigate program – Project Sea 3000 – is something of an oddity as it’s the government, not Defence or the RAN, that’s in the driving seat | Ben Felton

www.australiandefence.com.au

 

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Also from July:

Alfa 3000 Frigate Is Navantia Proposal For Tier 2 At IODS 2024

Navantia at IODS 2024 in Perth presented their Alfa 3000 frigate as "exemplar" for the Australian Tier 2-requirement.

www.navalnews.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

Ditto:

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/special-reports/secrecy-adds-to-uncertainty-about-general-purpose-frigate-program/news-story/d34d45110f489280a6b5b28c7da9cd42

 

[starviking]

I really have to wonder about the language barrier. Australia has had problems with Spanish and German contracts recently - will we see it again?

Or were stringent secrecy clauses a thing in those prior bids?