Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Bids invited to build new Air Warfare Destroyers

The $5 billion Air Warfare Destroyer construction program this week edged a step closer with companies invited to tender to build the 200-tonne modules that will form the bulk of the ships.

The three Hobart-class destroyers will be built from 29 modules, each about 20m long.

ASC Shipbuilding will build eight blocks and the remaining 21 will be built by companies selected from this tender process and constructed at the ASC shipyards at Osborne.

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