The Hunter class frigate program, which will deliver a fleet of nine world-class anti-submarine warfare frigates to the Royal Australian Navy, is currently underway at South Australia’s Osborne Naval Shipyard.

ASC was responsible for building Australia’s fleet of Collins class submarines in Adelaide in the 1990s and now provides design enhancements, maintenance and through-life support of the six-vessel fleet at the Osborne Naval Shipyard.

Precincts Osborne Naval Shipyard Industry Partners BAE Systems Australia, ASC The enhanced trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States (AUKUS) was first announced in September 2021, with an Optimal Pathway to delivering Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine capability announced in March 2023. Nuclear-powered submarines have superior stealth, speed, manoeuvrability, survivability and endurance compared to their conventional counterparts. These submarines can deploy unmanned underwater vehicles, while also carrying more advanced and greater capacities of weapons. Collectively, these abilities will allow the nuclear-powered submarines and Royal Australian Navy to operate in contested areas with lower ...

Precincts Osborne Naval Shipyard The Osborne Naval Shipyard was home to the construction of three Hobart Class Air Warfare Destroyers (AWD) from 2007 to 2020. The project was delivered by the AWD Alliance with partners - ASC as the shipbuilder, Raytheon Australia as the combat system systems engineer, the Department of Defence as owner participant and Navantia as the designer and ship build manager. The AWDs, named HMAS Hobart, HMAS Brisbane and HMAS Sydney have provided the Royal Australian Navy with one of the world’s most capable multi-mission warships capable across the full spectrum of joint ...

Australia’s new fleet of Arafura Class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) are currently under construction at the nation’s world-class Osborne Naval Shipyard, located in South Australia.