Zitat:Australian Navy’s final Hobart-class AWD Sydney launched

The Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) third and final Hobart-class air warfare destroyer (AWD), Nuship Sydney, has been launched at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in Adelaide.

Nuship Sydney has been built by the AWD Alliance and is equipped with advanced technologies that enable it to defend a Task Group from a range of air, surface and submarine threats. [...] US Navy chief vice admiral Tim Barrett said: “In the last three years we have seen the launch of the first two air warfare destroyers, HMAS Hobart and NUSHIP Brisbane, and with the launch today of Sydney, the class is now complete. [...] Nuship Sydney is one of the first Australian Navy vessels to be equipped with the US’s Aegis weapon system.

The new technology is expected to improve the navy’s overall warfighting capability, while allowing it to work more closely with the nation’s allies.

Zitat:Naval Group clinches $35 billion Australian submarine deal

PARIS – France’s Naval Group and Australia on Feb. 11 signed a $35 billion contract to build 12 Attack-class submarines for the Australian navy. Negotiations over the ownership of technology and details of the industrial partnership had been underway since Australia selected the French group in April 2016 as its preferred bidder over Japanese and German offers for the country’s biggest-ever defense contract.

This Strategic Partnering Agreement governing the transfer of Naval Group’s “know-how” and “know-why” to Australia was signed in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. [...] According to these principles, Naval Group will deliver 12 Attack-class submarines – with construction on the first scheduled to start in late 2023 and to be fully mission-ready for the navy in late 2034. The pact also positions Naval Group to deliver new technologies and advanced manufacturing capabilities to Australia.

(27.11.2020, 22:31)PKr schrieb: Australien hat eine lange Tradition amphibischer Operationen im Pazifik, aber diese Fähigkeiten wurden lange Zeit als eher zweitrangig betrachtet. Inzwischen baut das Land energisch seine Kapazitäten aus und will sie weiter verstärken. -Hier- ein interessanter Übersichtsartikel.

Zitat:RAN's first Supply-class AOR vessel arrives at homeport in Sydney

The first of two Supply-class auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOR) ships for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has arrived at its homeport in Sydney Harbour. [...] The 19,500-tonne vessel, which will be known as HMAS Supply (II) (with pennant number A195) once it is commissioned in April, arrived for the first time at Fleet Base East in Sydney, New South Wales, on 15 January, according to a statement issued that same day by the Department of Defence (DoD) in Canberra. [...]

The move comes after the DoD formally accepted the 173.9 m-long ship from Spanish shipbuilder Navantia on 8 January.

Zitat:Australia's third Hobart-class destroyer sets off for combat trials

The Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s) third Hobart-class air warfare destroyer (AWD) has set off for its combat systems trials, which will be conducted with the US Navy (USN).

The vessel, HMAS Sydney (42), departed home port at Fleet Base East, Garden Island, on 11 March for waters off the US west coast, where the trials will be conducted. “These tests are a crucial milestone in order for Sydney to be declared available for operational deployments,” reads a statement from Australia’s Department of Defence on the same day.

Sydney, which was commissioned in May 2020, is the final vessel in a three-ship programme to replace Australia’s Adelaide-class (US Oliver Hazard Perry design) guided-missile frigates. The first vessel, HMAS Hobart (39), was commissioned in September 2017, while the second warship, HMAS Brisbane (41), was inducted in October 2018.

Zitat:"Wir haben plötzlich aus einer Erklärung von Präsident Biden erfahren, dass hier der zwischen Frankreich und den Australiern geschlossene Vertrag endet, und dann werden die Vereinigten Staaten den Australiern ein Atomangebot vorschlagen, dessen Inhalt wir nicht kennen." betonte Jean-Yves Le Drian. "Das wird nicht zwischen Verbündeten gemacht (..) Wir haben über all das vor kurzem mit den Vereinigten Staaten gesprochen, und nun dieser Bruch. Es ist ziemlich unerträglich", beharrte er.
"Wir wissen genau, wie die Vereinigten Staaten ihre Verbündeten und ihre Partner betrachten", schätzte Frau Parly ihrerseits ein.

(16.09.2021, 10:35)voyageur schrieb: France 24 (französisch)
Sleepy Joe der nette Onkel aus Amerika, har wieder zugeschlagen. Amerika first === voller Erfolg.
Was Australien angeht bin ich mir da weniger sicher.
Lassen wir mal Vertrauen und solche Überlegungen bei Seite, selbst die Frage wann das erste in Australien gebaute U Boot in Dienst gestellt wird. Woher kommen die Spezialisten für den an Bord Betrieb der Reaktoren und die MOC.
Es gibt keine nukleare Industrie in Australien, das Land war ja auch immer dagegen, wo sollen die herkommen.
Die Marine Nationale sucht Leute mit Abi +5, die sie dann noch intern weitergebildet werden.
Am Ende werden die Australier zahlen, und die Amis damit fahren und darüber verfügen

(16.09.2021, 13:38)26er schrieb: Welche Rolle spielen dabei die Briten?