Australia Proceeds With Collins Life Extension, Drops Tomahawk And Optronic Mast
Australia approves next phase of Collins class life extension. Submarines will not receive Tomahawk or new optronic mast.
06 Jun 2024
Australia approves next phase of Collins class life extension. Submarines will not receive Tomahawk or new optronic mast.
26 Jun 2023
Sweden and Australia have reached an agreement on the use of Swedish submarine technology for the Collins-class upgrade.
18 May 2022
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).
12 May 2022
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.
19 Sep 2021
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.
29 Dec 2020
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.