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Wednesday, June 04, 2014

Destroyer project delays threaten new warship contracts

Hobart class DDGThe building of eight new warships in Australia is in question because of delays and cost blowouts in the troubled air warfare destroyer project.

The Abbott government has warned the alliance of companies building the three powerful new destroyers for the Royal Australian Navy that it must end delays and cost overruns that have added hundreds of millions of dollars to the cost of the project and delayed it by at least 21 months.

Defence Minister David Johnston warned today that if the industry could not get the destroyer project fixed, that would threaten its chances of getting future contracts.

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  1. Pete5/6/14 08:15

    These 8 planned so-called "frigates" may each weigh 7,000 tonnes - a destroyer sized ship in anyone's language. Can Australia afford 8 more destroyers on top of the 3 late, overbudget AWDs?

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