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frigates for the Australian Navy
Friday, June 29, 2018 –
6:42am
British defence company BAE Systems has been awarded a
multi-billion pound contract to build nine new warships for the
Australian Navy.
The Australian government has signed a £20bn contract with BAE
to build the new frigates, “based on the Type 26 design BAE is
building for the Royal Navy”, the BBC reports.
The deal, the UK’s largest in a decade, “looks set to strengthen
defence ties between Canberra and Westminster with less than a year
to go before Britain formally quits the EU”, says The Times.
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The ships are set to be built in Adelaide, South Australia,
using a number of components that are manufactured in the UK, and
are due to begin entering service in the late 2020s.
Theresa May said the contract would be an “enormous boost” for
the UK economy, adding: “The sheer scale and nature of this
contract puts the UK at the very forefront of maritime design and
engineering.”
BAE “saw off competition from Spain’s Navantia and Italy’s
Fincantieri to win the deal”, says The Guardian.
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