Australia tests the water for procurement challenge

摘要

Australia's next generation of submarines will not enter service until the mid 2020s, but already a sense of urgency is apparent in the early planning stages for SEA 1000, which is destined to be the country's largest-ever single defence project.rnOnly seven years separate the anticipated start of construction in 2016 from the May 2009 Defence White Paper announcement that the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN's) fleet of six Collins-class submarines will be replaced by 12 future submarines with greater range, endurance and capability.