Tag: Austal USA
Austal sets hiring fair for Saturday
Mobile shipbuilder plans to hire 1,000 workers in the next 18 months, some 700 of them right now.
Employers develop in-house training to find workers
Alabama employers are becoming creative to lure and train workers in a time of full employment.
Austal christens USS Augusta
With a splash of bubbly over the bow, Austal USA christened the USS Augusta — the 17th Littoral Combat Ship built by the Mobile-based shipbuilder.
Austal USA chosen to lead Navy additive manufacturing program
Mobile-based Austal USA will lead a group of experts assisting development of a new additive manufacturing center of excellence for the Navy.
Austal’s future Apalachicola completes sea trials
The future USNS Apalachicola, under construction at Austal USA in Mobile, completes sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico.
Austal partners with Saildrone to make uncrewed ships for Navy, others
Austal has partnered with Saildrone Inc. to build autonomous, uncrewed surface vehicles — with work on the first vessel beginning in October.
Austal USA awarded $156M Navy contract for two T-ATS vessels
With this contract, Austal USA will now produce four of these vessels — T-ATS 11, 12, 13 and 14 — on its new steel shipbuilding line in Mobile.
Austal delivers LCS 32 to U.S. Navy
Austal USA has delivered Littoral Combat Ship 32, destined to be the USS Santa Barbara, to the U.S. Navy.
Austal USA begins work on its first steel ship
T-ATS 11 is the first of several ships planned for the U.S. Coast Guard being built on Austal's new steel line.
Austal lands potential $3.3 billion contract
The U.S. Coast Guard awarded Austal USA, based in Mobile, a contract worth a potential $3.3 billion for the design and construction of up to 11 offshore patrol cutters