Frazer-Nash to work on LHD

Frazer-Nash Australia has won a contract to provide LHD engineering technical services to LHD Project JP2048 Phase 4A/B.

The project will provide the ADF with two Landing Helicopter Dock ships (LHDs) which can embark, transport and deploy military forces along with their equipment and supporting aviation.

The LHDs, to be known as HMAS Canberra and HMAS Adelaide when commissioned, are the largest Royal Australian Navy (RAN) warships ever built and will replace HMAS Tobruk and a Kanimbla-class vessel.

Frazer-Nash will draw on their extensive experience gained from the Afloat Support Shipping Engineering Technical Services (ASSETS) UK project to assist in the delivery of ‘Canberra’ by early 2014 and ‘Adelaide’ by late 2015.

Frazer-Nash will be responsible for the review of Logistic, Verification and Validation documentation provided by the build contractor (BAE Systems).

The team is led by Canberra based Tony Penny - Principal Consultant at Frazer-Nash - and supported by a team of experienced Engineers in Melbourne and Adelaide.

Phil Harris, Manager of Frazer-Nash Australia, said “We are pleased to be working on this project and we are determined to deliver quality benefits and outcomes by working closely with the DMO. We will be drawing on our extensive expertise and skills from both our Australian and UK teams. To succeed with a project such as this we will use robust processes for delivery and governance. Our team members take pride in their integrity, independence and impartiality.”