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Friday, November 29, 2013

Minister for Defence Contract signed to upgrade Collins Class Submarines

Collins Class SubmarineDefence Minister Senator David Johnston today announced the Defence Materiel Organisation has signed a multi-million dollar contract with ASC Pty Ltd to update the control management and monitoring system for the Royal Australian Navy s Collins Class submarines.

Senator Johnston said the Integrated Ship Control Management and Monitoring System is a highly automated computerised system, which enables the crew of a Collins submarine to control, monitor and manage the large number of diverse and complex systems on board the submarines.

Work under the $57 million contract will focus on updating electronic components and porting the software to operate on the new system, Senator Johnston said.

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