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Australia issues OPV RfT
Australia's planned build of 12 OPVs with the Sea 1180 programme gathering momentum after a request for tender (RfT) was issued to three companies on 30 November.
Design contenders had already been narrowed down to a European trio in April via a competitive evaluation process – Dutch shipbuilder ...
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