Low point in RAN acquisition in 2016-2017
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) updated visitors at the Pacific 2015 International Maritime Exposition in Sydney on current surface warship programmes.
The second and final Canberra-class landing helicopter dock (LHD) will be handed over before the end of 2015. Simon Latimer, BAE Systems’ head of communications, said they were ‘performing as advertised’ and that construction of the second vessel had gone ‘a lot smoother’.
Eight landing craft built by Navantia under JP2048 Phase 3 have already been delivered, and the four remaining craft are presently en route to Australia.
The navy is seeking two maritime operations support ships under
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