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Australian News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology 

French Barracuda wins Aussie sub contract

26/04/201626/04/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3738 Views 2 Comments DCNS, future submarine, Shortfin Barracuda, thyssenkrupp

French company DCNS has won the contract to build 12 new submarines for the Royal Australian Navy in a deal

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French company DCNS' Shortfin Barracuda, as proposed for Australia’s future submarine.
Australian News Science & Technology 

French propose Shortfin Barracuda for Australia’s future submarine

15/07/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6548 Views 0 Comments Shortfin Barracuda, Submarine

French company DCNS says it will propose the world’s most advanced conventionally powered submarine – named the Shortfin Barracuda Block

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Saab MCS Desert Landscape. Supplied.
News Sovereign industry 

Saab selects NSW company for sovereign cammo manufacture

06/04/202106/04/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2174 Views 0 Comments

Saab selected GDS as its Australian-industry partner to locally manufacture Mobile Camouflage Systems and multispectral camouflage screens.

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Shortfin Barracuda Block 1A wins Australian submarine competition.
News Royal Australian Navy Sovereign industry 

Government locks in French-designed submarines

23/03/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1299 Views 1 Comment Attack-class, future submarine program

The Morrison Government has locked Australia into a deal on the Future Submarine Program with French company Naval Group.

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Shortfin Barracuda Block 1A wins Australian submarine competition.
Australian News Science & Technology 

New submarine acoustics research funded

28/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1967 Views 0 Comments

Defence has signed a three-year collaboration agreement with universities and industry to develop new acoustic materials that will make Australian

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Shortfin Barracuda Block 1A wins Australian submarine competition.
Australian News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology 

Australia’s new submarines will be called Attack class

14/12/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3003 Views 0 Comments

Australia’s future submarines will be known as the Attack class with the first submarine to be called HMAS Attack. ARTIST’S IMPRESSION:

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Royal Australian Navy personnel and guests listen to French President Macron onboard HMAS Canberra. Photo by Lieutenant Andrew Ragless.
Australian News Royal Australian Navy 

French president visits Garden Island

03/05/201803/05/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3134 Views 0 Comments French Armed Forces in New Caledonia

During his three-day official visit to Australia this week, French President Emmanuel Macron met Royal Australian Navy personnel and toured

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USS Albuquerque accompanied by Collins-class submarine HMAS Rankin (front) off Western Australia. Photo by Able Seaman Julianne Cropley.
Australian miscellaneous News 

Transcript – Christopher Pyne – Submarine Institute speech

16/11/201616/11/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3544 Views 0 Comments Christopher Pyne, Submarine Institute

CHRISTOPHER PYNE Minister for Defence Industry Leader of the House Federal Member for Sturt   SPEECH E&OE [OFFICIAL] TRANSCRIPT Submarine

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French company DCNS' Shortfin Barracuda, as proposed for Australia’s future submarine.
News Science & Technology 

Future submarine proposals submitted

30/11/201530/11/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2876 Views 0 Comments future submarine program, future submarine programme, Submarine

Australia’s future submarine program passed a major milestone recently when all three potential contenders submitted their final proposals. Submissions from DCNS

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