Sign In
Search
International

Australia Committing To Collins-Class Sub Life Extension With Fewer Upgrades

Rich Abott By
SHARE:
Australia Committing To Collins-Class Sub Life Extension With Fewer Upgrades
The Royal Australian Navy Collins-class submarine HMAS Farncomb (SSG 74) moors alongside the Emory S. Land-class submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) at HMAS Stirling naval base, April 19, 2022. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chase Stephens/Released)

Australia on Wednesday announced the start of a life extension program for the Collins-class submarine that curtails previously planned upgrades while it awaits U.S. and domestically-made nuclear-powered attack submarines in the next decades. Australia aims to ultimately replace its six Collins-class submarines with nuclear-powered SSN-AUKUS design vessels as a result of the trilateral AUKUS agreement with the U.S. and U.K.  The first SSN-AUKUS, largely built domestically, is planned to be delivered in the early 2040s, but the U.S. will sell…

Subscriber-only content. Please log in below.

Not a subscriber or registered user yet?

Please contact us at clientservices@accessintel.com or call us at 888-707-5814 (Monday – Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and Friday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET.), to start a free trial, get pricing information, order a reprint, or post an article link on your website.

Recommended

International

Lockheed Martin Nabs Contact To Create Combat Systems Integration For Australian Virginia Subs

Business/Financial

HII Adds Outsourcing To Amphib Construction; Australian Official Visits

Navy/USMC

Navy Awards $76.6 Billion For Nine Block VI Virginia-Class And Five Columbia-Class Submarines

Advanced / Transformational Technology

Navy Seeks Vendor-Neutral USV Maintenance Framework

Trending

Army Launches Effort To Speed Up Industry’s Access To Test Ranges
Defense Watch: CSO Schiess, SSGNs, Golden Dome Sats, Big DHS C-UAS Award
Israel, U.S. Successfully Test Arrow Missile Defense System
Kratos Views Engines For Low-Cost Cruise Missiles As Growth Area
First Battleship Could Cost Over $23 Billion And Start Later Than Planned, CBO Says

Congress Updates

Congress

Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin Support For Marines’ JLTV Second Supplier Effort

Wisconsin’s GOP congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to support legislative language enabling the Marine Corps to potentially bring in a second Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) supplier. The […]

Congress

Senate’s CR Has Ship Construction Exemption, Forgoes White House’s Battleship, Munitions Requests

The Senate on Sunday released a bipartisan stopgap funding proposal to keep the government open through December 11, which would also secure additional funds to support ongoing shipbuilding efforts and […]

Congress

U.S. Fighter Fleet Will Expand By 2040 But More Stealth Aircraft Will Mean Less Availability, CBO Says

The number of fighter aircraft in the U.S. military inventory will decline over the next few years before expanding to a greater number than currently, but their availability for operational […]

Congress

White House Details ‘Concerns’ With Shipbuilding, Spaced-Based Interceptor Oversight In House’s NDAA

The White House has detailed “a number of concerns” with the newly-passed House version of the next defense policy bill, to include the legislation’s limits on procuring Navy ships built […]

The Force Multipliers

Force Multipliers

Michael Harrison – SANS Institute

Force Multipliers

Michael DiOrio – Dataminr

Force Multipliers

Arne Brinck – Dark Wolf Solutions

Force Multipliers

Jags Kandasamy – Latent AI

Job Feed

Post a Job // Post a Resume