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Friday, June 14, 2013

Collins Class subs to be upgraded at ASC, in Adelaide

HMAS CollinsComputer control systems on the Collins Class submarines will be upgraded at ASC in Adelaide, the Federal Government announced today.

With a $65 million allocation for the first stage of the work, Defence Minister Stephen Smith said the project aimed to replace obsolete equipment designed many years ago.

"The integrated ship control management and monitoring system was designed in the 1980s to control, manage and monitor essential Collins Class submarine functions such as manoeuvring, power and life-support," he said.

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