March 6, 2025
More local Australian businesses will have the opportunity to build our nation’s defence future, as the Albanese Government continues to expand opportunities for industry to support AUKUS through a new Australian Submarine Supplier Qualification Pilot.
HII Australia has been awarded a contract to deliver the Pilot program over the next two years, with an initial value of $9.6 million and the option to extend based on achievement. HII is the largest military shipbuilder in the United States and one of two companies that builds United States nuclear-powered submarines.
The Pilot program will accelerate the identification and qualification of Australian suppliers and products into the United States submarine industrial base.
It will be delivered in partnership with H&B Defence – a HII and Babcock joint venture.
Importantly, HII will identify and work with Australian small and medium-sized enterprises, including those not currently part of Australia’s submarine industrial base, which is critical to growing our sovereign defence industrial capability over the years and decades ahead.
HII is America’s largest shipbuilder, delivering the world’s most powerful ships and all-domain mission technologies, including unmanned systems, to U.S. and allied defense customers. HII is the largest producer of unmanned underwater vehicles for the U.S. Navy and the world.
With a more than 140-year history of advancing U.S. national security, HII builds and integrates defense capabilities extending from the core fleet to C6ISR, AI/ML, EW and synthetic training. Headquartered in Virginia, HII’s workforce is 44,000 strong.
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