Navantia Australia joins DDG Enterprise
Navantia Australia has signed a contract with BAE Systems to provide platform system design and engineering assurance services for the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s) Hobart class Air Warfare Destroyers, the company announced on 18 May.
The contract will see Navantia provide substantial ship, product and supply chain knowledge. The company will also provide an additional 14 design and engineering experts into the guided missile destroyer (DDG) enterprise.
The signing of this agreement completes the membership of the DDG Enterprise, which has been formed to provide a capability enhancing value for money for the RAN.
As a member of the enterprise, Navantia Australia will work with BAE Systems, the prime DDG sustainment contractor; Raytheon Australia and Thales Australia.
Warren King, Navantia Australia chairman, said: ‘As the designer, and shipbuilding services manager of the Hobart class under the AWD reform programme, it was important for Navantia to be part of the DDG enterprise, tasked with sustaining this magnificent capability through its life.’
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