Sea 5000 program : $30 billion Australian program shipbuilder publicly pushing back at criticism for the design of the anti-submarine warfare frigate.
Australia’s auditor general: Slammed acquisition process in a May Australian National Audit Office report.
Australia’s Defence Strategic Review calls for an enhanced, long-range strike capability.
BAE Systems Australia: Managing director for maritime business pushes back against critics, 3 vbu 2024
Australia chose a modified design in 2018, now seeking to build nine frigates; increase in tons, considering threats to Australia.
Enhanced architecture with ASW equipment removed, VLS cells increased from 32 to 96.
“Critics’ case is that Hunter-class frigate is very poor value for money for such as small number of cells and combat capability.”
