Shipbuilding group Austal Restricted broadcasts that Austal Australia has been awarded a contract extension for the development of two extra Advanced Cape-class Patrol Boats for the Royal Australian Navy.
The A$157 million contract follows the procurement announcement made by the Commonwealth of Australia (CoA) on November 23, 2023 and brings the whole variety of Advanced Cape-class Patrol Boats being delivered to the Navy, underneath the SEA1445-1 Venture, to 10.
Austal Restricted Chief Government Officer Paddy Gregg has reiterated the significance of the Advanced Cape-class Patrol Boats to each the Australian defence business and the Royal Australian Navy.
“These extra Advanced Capes, designed and constructed by Austal in Henderson, Western Australia, are serving to us to retain and construct our sovereign, naval shipbuilding workforce and proceed to interact provide chain companions from throughout Australia,” Mr Gregg stated.
“The Advanced Capes are additionally enhancing the Navy’s operations all through Northern Australia, including higher functionality for maritime surveillance and border patrols, as a part of the continued Operation Sovereign Borders mission.”
The SEA1445-1 undertaking, initially setting up six 58-meter aluminium monohull patrol boats for the Royal Australian Navy from Might 2020, was prolonged by two vessels in April 2022. The primary 5 Advanced Cape-class Patrol Boats, Cape Otway, Cape Peron, Cape Naturaliste, Cape Capricorn and Cape Woolamai have been delivered inside an eighteen-month interval, from March 2022. Following the sixth and most up-to-date supply, Cape Pillar, in October 2023, there are two Advanced Capes at the moment underneath development.
The Advanced Cape-class Patrol Boats characteristic bigger facilities to accommodate as much as 32 individuals, improved high quality of life techniques and superior sustainment intelligence techniques that additional improve the Royal Australian Navy’s capacity to battle and win at sea. The patrol boats are utilised for all kinds of constabulary and naval missions and play a important position in Australia’s nationwide safety, as a high-performing, dependable and efficient maritime asset.
In-service help for the Cape, Advanced Cape and Guardian-class Patrol Boat fleets operated by the Australian Border Power, Royal Australian Navy and Pacific Island nations is offered by Austal Australia by means of devoted service centres positioned in Henderson, Western Australia; Cairns, Queensland; and Darwin, Northern Territory.
Austal Australia can also be contracted to ship 22 steel-hulled Guardian-class Patrol Boats to the Commonwealth of Australia underneath the Pacific Patrol Boat Substitute Venture (SEA3036-1) and has delivered 18 vessels since 2018.
