China and Australia would like to boost military exchange and cooperation

Qi Jianguo, deputy chief of general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), met with Brendan Sargeant, the visiting deputy secretary strategy of the Australian Department of Defence, in Beijing, Thursday, May 2, 2013.

Lieut. Gen. Qi Jianguo (R), deputy chief of general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), meets with Brendan Sargeant, the visiting deputy secretary strategy of the Australian Department of Defence, in Beijing on the morning of May 2, 2013. (mod.gov.cn/Li Xiaowei)

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Australian Customs and Border Protection Service's First Cape Class Patrol Boat officially named

Austal is pleased to announce the first-in-series Cape Class Patrol Boat has been officially named the Cape St George during a ceremony held at Austal’s Henderson shipyard in Western Australia today. Cape St George is the first of eight new boats being built by Austal for the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service under a design, construct and in-service support contract valued at approximately A$330 million.

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ThyssenKrupp strengthens presence in Asia/Pacific by acquiring Australian Marine Technology

With its technical expertise and numerous innovations, ThyssenKrupp is one of the leading global system suppliers for submarines and surface naval vessels, with a shipbuilding tradition that stretches back centuries. To strengthen the company’s presence in the Asia/Pacific region it is now acquiring the Melbourne-based Australian engineering firm Australian Marine Technologies.

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Austal launches first Cape Class Patrol Boat for Australian Customs and Border Protection Service

Austal is pleased to announce the launch of the first-in-series Cape Class Patrol Boat during a ceremony with staff and suppliers at the company’s Henderson shipyard in Western Australia on January 7.

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Space, power and weight savings as Thales updates Australian Collins submarine sonar systems

Thales Australia has signed a major contract with the Defence Materiel Organisation to deliver a significant update to the Royal Australian Navy’s submarine sonar systems. The company will address obsolescence issues on the Collins class Scylla sonar, boosting the reliability of a system that was initially designed over a quarter of a century ago. Specifically, the project will replace existing equipment in the Scylla Signal Processing Cabinets with modern Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) components, and also re-host the software.

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