HMAS Melville returns to work

BAE Systems Australia – Maritime, working with BMT, has been awarded the Anzac Class Designer Support Contract (DSC) to sustain and enhance the Royal Australian Navy’s Anzac class fleet. The engineering design contract is valued at $163 million over seven years.

AERIUS Marine Australia (AERIUS) will deliver the Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems for the first three Hunter class frigates under a contract with BAE Systems Maritime Australia.

The contract builds on a five-year partnership to deliver three new vessels to the Royal Australian Navy.

The Royal Australian Navy’s Hunter class frigates will be equipped with state-of-the-art defence systems following BAE Systems Maritime Australia’s decision to award Ultra Maritime a contract for its Surface Ship Torpedo Defence (SSTD) system.

Australia’s biggest steelworks will produce and deliver thousands of tonnes of steel plate into each Hunter class anti-submarine warfare frigate under a new Framework Agreement that locks in local steel supply over the next five years and underscores the decades-long sovereignty of the nation’s naval shipbuilding and steel industries.

The delivery of enhanced combat systems on the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) Hobart Class guided missile destroyers has taken a major step forward, following the signing of the first Delivery Tasking Statement by all parties of the Combat Systems Integration – Integrated Project Team (CSI-IPT) Collaboration Agreement (CCA).

Sustainment of the Royal Australian Navy’s fleet of Air Warfare Destroyers (DDGs) will today shift to a truly integrated model as BAE Systems Australia commences its role as the first (in service) Capability Life Cycle Manager (CLCM) for the Commonwealth Government.

The Commonwealth of Australia has awarded BAE Systems Maritime Australia a contract to build the first three Hunter class frigates as the program celebrates its transition into formal construction phase.

On behalf of all Australians, HMAS Anzac was formally farewelled on 18 May 2024 after almost 30 years of serving the Royal Australian Navy.

The South Australian Government has welcomed the first intake of 'degree apprentices' under a unique collaboration between the university sector and Australian industry.

We welcome the release of the Commonwealth of Australia’s Surface Combatant Review (SCR) as the Government moves to establish a next generation naval surface fleet.

BAE Systems Australia has conducted successful trials at the Osborne Naval Shipyard and Henderson shipyard utilising laser scanning technology to create 3D models of pipes found on the Hunter class frigate.

BAE Systems’ Hunter Class Frigate Program has successfully completed its Preliminary Design Review (PDR). The review, which started in July, is a technical assessment that ensures the design is operationally effective and underpins the more detailed work that will now be undertaken.

As part of our commitment to developing Australian industry BAE Systems Australia is working with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to support them in proving or uplifting their capability to work on the Hunter Class Frigate Program.

BAE Systems Australia’s shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia, has taken the first steps in constructing the proof-of-concept mast for the Hunter Class Frigate Program.

With the recent wars in Europe and the Middle East arriving with little warning, it has shown again the difficulty in forecasting the time, place or character of the next significant conflict. This inability to predict the character of future warfare goes to the heart of why a balanced force that can operate across multiple domains and the full spectrum of conflict remains vital.

The Hunter Class Frigate Program has been marred by baseless and dangerous speculations on the future of its workforce. The latest of these rumours suggest that BAE Systems Australia may shift production from Osborne, South Australia to Scotland. 

Launched in July 2021 by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), the Navy Mastery System aims to develop three core elements in its personnel: Maritime, Technical, and Social.