Canberra to announce SSN-AUKUS 'shipbuilding partner' within the next year

By Nick Wilson / November 8, 2023 at 7:21 PM
Within the next year, the Australian government will announce the "shipbuilding partner" that will build the future SSN-AUKUS submarine and help to develop the vessel's requirements, an Australian Navy official said today at the Naval Submarine League Symposium. “Inside the next 12 months, we expect the Australian government to make an announcement on the SSN-AUKUS build partner. That entity will have a huge role to play in determining some of these requirements,” Commodore Bradley Francis told reporters. The design, construction...

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