Tag: Austal USA
Austal’s USS Oakland Completes Acceptance Trials
The future USS Oakland, the 12th Independence variant littoral combat ship built by Austal USA, has successfully completed acceptance trials in the Gulf of...
Navy’s $5.5 Billion for 10 Frigates 56% Under Mark?
April 30 brought bitterly disappointing news to shipbuilder Austal USA, with the Navy's announcement that a competing shipyard in Wisconsin won the bid to...
Keel for Future USS Canberra Laid
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne was in Mobile Tuesday to take part in the keel laying ceremony of the future USS Canberra...
Politics, Shipbuilding and $9 Billion Plus
2020 is a big election year in the U.S. and for Mobile-based Austal USA, which hopes to win a $9 billion-plus contract to build...
Austal Ship Completes Sea Trials
Austal USA’s eleventh littoral combat ship, LCS 22, destined to become the USS Kansas City, completed acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico recently...
Austal USA Global Services Division wins $21M contract
The U.S. Navy has awarded Austal USA a $21.5 million order for planned post-delivery work on the Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Charleston (LCS...
Austal Meets Deadline For $16 Billion Frigate Contract
September 26 is the deadline for one of the largest defense contracts in history, at least $16 billion worth of bundled contracts for the...
Newest Austal Ship Completes Sea Trials
Austal’s Expeditionary Fast Transport #11, soon to be the USNS Puerto Rico, has completed sea trials and is ready for delivery to the U.S....
Mobile’s Economy is on the Move
Increasingly, Mobile County's economy is based on moving things in and out.
Inside the Battle to Build Warships
Following 10 years of building one of the most sophisticated ships in the Navy fleet, the Littoral Combat Ship, Austal contends for an even bigger prize — the new Navy frigate.