Australian-Based Defence Company Wins $1.28 Billion US Navy Contract

Published on December 27, 2023

Australian shipbuilding company Austal, backed by mining magnate Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest, has won a $1.28 billion (US$867.6 million) defence contract for the construction of three U.S. Navy ships.  Austal will design and build three Expeditionary Medical Ships (EMS) at the company’s facilities in Mobile, Alabama. The EMS is a high-speed, cost effective navy vessel with the primary objective of providing hospital-level medical care to sailors during operations. It will be able to provide a full range of medical services including critical care, triage, operating rooms, radiology, mental health, and primary care. With its mobility and shallow draft—the distance between the waterline and bottom of a ship’s hull—the EMS is also able to pull into shallower and smaller ports inaccessible to a fleet’s larger vessels. ...

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