Shephard Media

L3Harris and Babcock sign contracts for Australian Hunter-class frigate technologies

The two firms are the latest to add expertise gained on the UK’s Type 26 programme to Australia’s future frigates. The Royal Australian Navy’s Hunter-class frigates have secured two significant new ...
Shephard Media

Hunter-class frigate communications deal awarded to Rohde & Schwarz

A new contract awarded for Australia’s Hunter-class frigates will see Rohde & Schwarz provide the vessels’ “central nervous system”. Rohde & Schwarz’ NAVICS communications technology will be fitted on ...
The Australian

Construction begins on the navy’s first Hunter-class vessels

The steel cut was initiated by Defence Minister Richard Marles and South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas immediately after the production contract for the first three high-end anti-­submarine ...
Geelong Advertiser

Giant buildings at Osborne Naval Shipyard come to life for $35 billion frigate project

Work will start on our new frigates in just a few weeks – in a shipyard bigger than Adelaide Oval. These comparisons show the warships’ true scale. A $535m expansion of Australia’s premier ...