NEW STANDARDS AND A GROWING PRESENCE TO SUPPORT THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY

摘要

Countries worldwide are expanding the naval resources that protect their waters, renewing their fleets by adding new naval combat and patrol units, among them the Royal Australian Navy, which is basing its renewal on a strong foundation of regulatory and quality compliance. To do so, the Royal Australian Navy is developing a comprehensive set of rules specific to naval ships. The goal is to establish standards for its entire fleet to improve risk management, assess safety and structural defects, and help ensure all vessels are fit for purpose. With nearly 50 commissioned vessels and more than 16,000 personnel, the Royal Australian Navy is one of the largest and most sophisticated naval forces in the Pacific. To support shipbuilding projects, the Australian Defence Department initiated a review in early 2021 and concluded that the existing DEF(AUST) 5000 Maritime Materiel Requirements Set (MRS) was unfit for purpose. As a result, the Australian Department of Defence asked Bureau Veritas (BV) to help rewrite the entire framework and create the new Australia's Naval Classification Framework (ANCF).