Australian Submarine Maintenance Facing Possible Disruption Due to Workers Strikes
, to decide on the issue, the statement added."We will continue to negotiate with the Unions and our workers in good faith, to achieve a mutually beneficial outcome," ASC CEO Stuart Whiley said in a statement.A spokesperson declined to give Reuters details of the ASC pay offer.The Department of Defence was working with ASC to mitigate the impact on submarine maintenance, which should be manageable in the short term, a center-left Labor government spokesperson said in a statement.(Reuters - Reporting by Lewis Jackson. Editing by Gerry Doyle
HII, KBR to Manage Aussie's Naval Shipbuilding College
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that Australia’s Department of Defence has awarded a contract to Naval Shipbuilding Institute (NSI), a joint venture between HII’s Technical Solutions division and Kellogg Brown and Root’s (KBR) Government Services division, to establish and manage Australia’s new Naval Shipbuilding College. This effort is in support of Australia’s mission to recapitalize its shipbuilding and maritime sustainment industry over the next several decades. In announcing the request for proposals in 2017, Minster of Defence Industry Christopher
Custom Engine Room Simulator for RAN
The Commonwealth of Australia (CoA), Department of Defence has contracted Kongsberg Maritime to develop and deliver a new K-Sim Engine simulator model to the Royal Australian Navy’s HMAS Cerberus training facility located south of Melbourne, Australia. The new model will run on the existing KONGSBERG K-Sim Engine desktop simulator delivered to HMAS Cerberus in 2013, which is maintained under a Long Term System Support Program (LTSSP) agreement signed in 2015. The customized simulator model is a high-fidelity representation of the engine room configuration on the LSD(A) (Landing Ship Dock
