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The builders of Australia’s planned warship fleet say they haveBAE Systems Australia and defence officials say the design process has mopped up a range of issues on the $45bn project, so the planned 2031 delivery date is now “high confidence” and can be moved forward if the government wants an early delivery.three more air warfare destroyers
The Covid pandemic caused delays with the British type 26 ship the Australian ship is based on, and there were further delays because of the number of changes to that reference ship required by the defence department., BAE Systems Australia’s maritime managing director, said the company was “comfortable” that it had mitigated risk in the nine-ship program.
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