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Wednesday, July 09, 2014

Thales signs Adelaide-class frigate maintenance contract

Adelaide-class frigateThe Australian Ministry of Defence has awarded the Royal Australian Navy's Adelaide-class guided-missile frigate (FFG) group maintenance contract to Thales.

The four-and-a-half-year agreement, which has extensions that could bring the value to $130m, is likely to provide both industry and navy with improved certainty and stability in the repair and maintenance of the frigates.

Australia Minister for Defence Senator David Johnston said that this is the second of the grouped-asset, long-term, performance-based contracts for the repair and maintenance of the navy's major surface ships.

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