After securing the so-called “contract of the century”, the French company chosen to build Australia’s future submarines has conceded it’s having cultural clashes with its $50 billion customer, with lunch and meeting times proving problematic. Key points: The ABC has…
Categorie: Problems with projects
Ex-bureau chief David Sharan, suspected of receiving millions for promoting a $2b deal to purchase German submarines, is one of many vying for top spots ■ Who to watch for in Tuesday’s vote? Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that…
COLOGNE, Germany — The German Cabinet has approved a new, high-level pact with France that calls for a common approach to weapons exports in all joint programs. The objective is included in the so-called Aachener Vertrag, slated to be signed by…
For unclear reasons, Romania is desperately trying to win the Dutch Damen at the expense of Naval Group … who won the tender. Paris is ready to step up to defend the offer of naval group. Naval Group could certainly lose the…
The first of Australia’s new submarines could arrive late and cost substantially more than expected as Defence attempts to finalise the terms of the $50 billion project. Senior sources confirmed the “unprecedented” offer to allow an extra two years and…
Japan’s visiting Foreign Minister says his country would still be prepared to export its submarines to Australia if protracted contract negotiations between Defence and French company Naval Group eventually collapse. In a wide-ranging interview with the ABC before departing Sydney,…
On Friday, German industrial conglomerate ThyssenKrupp announced that it is reorganizing its Marine Systems unit by placing it directly under the management of the corporate group. The move is not unexpected, given the challenges facing the firm’s shipbuilding division, and it…
The ministry announced the planned €2.5bn increase next year was “insufficient” considering the “massive” need to modernise the Bundeswehr, Germany’s unified armed forces and their civil administration and procurement authorities. Defence chiefs will have to scrap at least “one big…
A senior Navy officer outlines IDF’s position on submarine procurement from German firm ThyssenKrupp; the army had no need for nine subs, he said, adding that the loss of exclusivity to Egypt went against Israel’s security interests, despite the fact…
Defence and contractor Naval Group are yet to release key documents of the Future Submarine Project’s design and mobilisation contract. Under the design and mobilisation contract, signed on 30 September 2016, Defence and Naval Group were required to produce the…