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News - Austal USA

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    Parrot to produce SRR prototypes for US Army

    16th April 2020

    Parrot Drones has passed another milestone in the US Short Range Reconnaissance UAV programme. As part of its preparation for the final stage of the …

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    Uncrewed Vehicles

    Parrot to produce SRR prototypes for US Army

    16th April 2020

    Parrot Drones has passed another milestone in the US Short Range Reconnaissance UAV programme. As part of its preparation for the final stage of the …

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    Defence Notes

    COVID-19 ripple effects cause lasting strategic headaches

    12th May 2020

    The 75th anniversary of VE Day on 8 May marked the end of the Second World War in Europe. The intervening years have seen the continent …

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    Naval Warfare

    Australia gifts Guardian-class patrol vessel to Fiji

    6th March 2020

    The Royal Australian Navy gifted a newly built patrol boat to the government of Fiji on 6 March, in a ceremony at shipbuilder Austal’s Henderson …

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    Land Warfare

    US Army starts to receive new Sub Compact Weapon

    30th March 2020

    Deliveries of the US Army’s Sub Compact Weapon (SCW) are under way, following the selection of the APC9K weapon (pictured). Casca Long, a spokesperson for …

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    Training

    Aussie Hornets grow old but never die

    6th March 2020

    The Australian DoD announced on 5 March that up to 46 surplus Boeing F/A-18 Hornet fighters will be sold to Air USA for use as …

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    Training

    CAE MSI adds more business

    5th March 2020

    Tampa, Florida-based CAE USA-Mission Solutions Inc (CAE MSI) has been awarded a US$10.6 million firm-fixed-price modification contract for F-15E, F-16C/D and F-22A contract aircrew training …

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    Naval Warfare

    USS Kansas City handed over to US Navy

    13th February 2020

    The US Navy has taken delivery of littoral combat ship (LCS) 22 at a ceremony at Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama. The future USS Kansas …

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    Defence Notes

    Combat air set to play the fall guy in UK defence review

    6th March 2020

    As high-profile budget difficulties tie the UK government to making tough, long-term procurement decisions across air, land and sea domains, the RAF’s combat air plans …

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    Training

    P-8 simulators to enhance RAF’s operational capability

    24th February 2020

    With the first of nine Poseidon MRA1 maritime patrol aircraft now delivered to the UK RAF, preparations are under way for the installation of the …

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    Naval Warfare

    Austal, US Navy ABR announced

    3rd February 2020

    Austal shipyards and service centres in Australia have been approved to bid for and provide support services for US Navy and Military Sealift Command (MSC) …

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    Air Warfare

    F-35s carry out night landings on HMS Queen Elizabeth

    12th February 2020

    The first night landings on HMS Queen Elizabeth have been carried out by four F-35 Lightning jets in UK waters. Operational training being carried out …

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    Naval Warfare

    State of the navy: US surface fleet programmes

    31st January 2020

    With its share of the US DoD’s budget reduced from the Cold War, the USN is having to manage a range of surface fleet shipbuilding …

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    Military Logistics

    EPF 11 delivered to US Navy

    12th December 2019

    Austal USA has delivered Expeditionary Fast Transport ship USNS Puerto Rico (EPF 11) to the US Navy at its Mobile, Alabama, shipyard. The vessel undertook …

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    Naval Warfare

    Kansas City LCS completes acceptance trials

    4th November 2019

    The US Navy’s future USS Kansas City (LCS 22) has successfully completed acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico, Austal announced on 4 November.Kansas City …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

  • Sealift/replenishment vessels

    Spearhead Class EPF

    The Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) (formerly the Joint High-Speed Vessel – JHSV, redesignated in September 2015) can transport troops and their equipment, supporting humanitarian relief ...

  • Sealift/replenishment vessels

    Navajo Class

    The Navajo-class is the USN's new class of towing, salvage, and rescue ships to replace the current T-ATF 166 and T-ARS 50 class ships. This ...

  • Military - USVs

    Overlord Uncrewed Surface Vessel

    The Overlord Uncrewed Surface Vessels (OUSV) are a fleet of US Navy (USN) Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs) consisting of four vessels under a programme named ...

  • Frigates

    Independence Class (LCS)

    The USN’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) programme was originally envisaged to be 50 ships, which would provide a coastal platform that would take over from ...

  • Landing craft and hovercraft

    LCU 1700

    In 2018, Swiftships was awarded a contract for the Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1700, which will replace the 32 ageing LCU 1610 class. The contract contains ...

  • Military - USVs

    Surveyor

    Surveyor is a long-endurance, Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) built by Saildrone in the US. Surveyor is designed for military and commercial purposes. Its primary mission ...

  • OPVs

    Heritage Class

    The Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) is under construction for the USCG to bridge the capability gap between the National Security Cutter, which patrols the ...

  • Patrol boats

    Cape Class

    The Cape-class patrol boat was contracted to Australian company Austal in 2011 as a replacement for the Australian Customs and Border Protection fleet of Bay-class ...

  • Patrol boats

    Guardian Class

    The Guardian-class Pacific Patrol Boats are being manufactured under the Pacific Patrol Boats Replacement project by the Australian shipbuilding company Austal. The project is aimed ...

  • OPVs

    Offshore Patrol 83

    Australian company Austal unveiled its proposed design for the Philippine Navy's OPV  requirement at Pacific 2019. The affordable steel hull design also features an aluminium ...

  • OPVs

    OPV 60/Lethal Cape Class

    During the Indo-Pacific 2022, Austal unveiled the new OPV (Offshore Patrol Vessel) 60 design. Austal offers the platform in three different configurations: Patrol, Surveillance and ...

  • Landing craft and hovercraft

    Caimen 500

    Developed by BMT, the Caimen 500 is designed to deliver heavy rolling and cargo payload directly to a beach, hard standing or port. The design ...

  • Landing craft and hovercraft

    Littoral Manoeuvre Vessel - Medium (LMV-M)

    The Littoral Manoeuvre Vessel – Medium (LVM-M) is a medium landing craft design jointly developed by Birdon and Incat Crowther. The design has been selected ...

  • Sealift/replenishment vessels

    High-Speed Support Vessels (HSSV) 72

    The High-Speed Support Vessel (HSSV) is a multi-mission theatre support solution based on Austal’s high-speed catamaran platform. The all-aluminium HSSV offers a range of capabilities to ...

  • Military - USVs

    Sentinel - Patrol Boat Autonomy Trial (PBAT)

    Sentinel is an autonomous uncrewed surface vessel (USV) built from the decommissioned HMAS Maitland , a former Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Armidale-class Patrol Boat.

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