Britain's visiting naval chief has declared Australia will eventually operate the world's best anti-submarine warfare (ASW) frigates because a closely linked shipbuilding project in the UK is now 'stabilising' after suffering damaging initial setbacks.
The British navy chief says he is confident Australia's controversial anti-submarine warship program will be successful.
The upbeat assessment of Australia's Hunter-class warship program comes as several nations vying to build the navy's next fleet of smaller "general purpose frigates" sharpen their sales pitches here as they try to clinch the lucrative defence contract. "Clearly what we're learning there is being fed across into the Hunter program to make sure that as much shared benefit can be moved from one program to the other one," Admiral Key told the ABC."So, I think Hunter looks well set. It's not exactly the same as the Type 26 that's well reported now but there is a lot of commonality and I am confident that we will have a great capability in the future.
During an international military conference in Perth last week, Royal Australian Navy Chief Vice Admiral Mark Hammond singled out Japan's shipbuilding industry for praise as the Asian nation pushes for its "Upgraded Mogami" frigate to be selected.
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