The reason Austal & Leurssen couldn't cooperate on the OPV project

Whats been spotted in and around our Navy
Post Reply
User avatar
MikeJames
Club Member
Club Member
Posts: 4935
Joined: 20 Jan 2010 09:43
Fleet Base: Sydney
My Ship Yard: RAN DDL HMAS Kokoda
Australian Coast Guard cutter Nemesis
RAN FCPB HMAS Wollongong
German SAR Launch DGzRS Berln
SS Geest Atlas (Building)
Location: Sydney
Contact:

The reason Austal & Leurssen couldn't cooperate on the OPV project

Post by MikeJames »

The reason Austal could not come to agreement to work with Leurssen to build the RAN's OPVs has become apparent in recent days.

The two company's are competitors in at least one major contract to supply OPVs to the Philippines Navy, and neither wanted anything to do with the other, let alone passing on trade secrets between companies.

Image

Video here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N57FjgCIrnU&feature=youtu.be

Mike
Post Reply