Forgacs floating dock in Newcastle has won a $12 million contract to upgrade the Navy frigate HMAS Parramatta, which only recently returned to Australia after a six month tour of the Persian Gulf.
Forgacs, with its consortium partners Tenix and ADI, put in the successful bid for the work on the Parramatta, the first of the Navy's Anzac frigates to undergo an upgrade.
Tenix, as the major contractor, has decided to do the work in Newcastle because it has been unable to accommodate the vessel at its Williamstown dockyard in Melbourne.
A Navy spokeswoman says the refit will include upgrading Parramatta's weapons systems, as well as its mine and obstacle avoidance sonar and harpoon surface-to-surface missile systems.
The work, expected to get under way in the next few weeks at Forgacs will take around six months to complete, using mostly local workers.
Tenix will provide the technology and engineering support.
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