Australia is looking at outfitting its in-service Collins-class submarines with Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles as part of their forthcoming Life of Type Extension (LOTE).
Day 1 video coverage at the Indo Pacific 2022 international maritime exposition in Sydney, Australia. In this video we are focusing on submarines and ASW.
Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morison has approved a Life-of-Type Extension to the Collins class submarine fleet from 2026 in South Australia, and confirmed that the Full-Cycle Docking of the Collins class will continue to be conducted at Osborne.
Australia’s Collins-class submarines will gain enhanced mine and obstacle avoidance capability under a contract signed between Thales Australia and the Commonwealth of Australia.