- ASC has been appointed to perform maintenance and sustainment work on the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine fleet
- The company has operated in WA for over 30 years delivering for the Royal Australian Navy’s Collins Class submarine fleet
- The sustainment partnership will create over 500 jobs in the next 5 years for Western Australians
The WA Government welcomes the Australian Government’s decision to appoint the ASC as the prime contractor responsible for the delivery of AUKUS submarine sustainment and maintenance services.
The announcement reaffirms WA’s key position in the AUKUS security partnership.
ASC has delivered sustainment and maintenance works in Western Australia for over three decades in support of the Royal Australian Navy’s Collins Class submarine fleet.
This includes the Collins Class mid-cycle docking works conducted at the Australian Marine Complex in Henderson.
Existing Collins Class sustainment by the ASC employs approximately 600 Western Australians already and is supported by approximately 150 small and medium enterprises.
This announcement will provide certainty in long-term employment opportunities for Western Australians for decades to come.
As stated by Minister for Defence Industry Paul Papalia:
“AUKUS is now officially in Western Australia with the sustainment and maintenance effort rapidly mobilising.
“Western Australians should be incredibly proud that the first sustainment work on a United States submarine in our country will be done right here in WA.
“In addition to the hundreds of new job opportunities created with ASC, WA is also home to around 150 small and medium sized businesses that will support nuclear submarine sustainment work, and that number will grow quickly once we start performing more frequent and more intensive maintenance tasks.
“Thousands of high-quality jobs have now been secured in naval shipbuilding and sustainment in this State, providing guaranteed employment opportunities for Western Australians for generations, and providing industry the certainty it requires to invest and grow to seize these opportunities.”
