Navantia Australia has completed the first set of Ship Alteration drawings (ShipAlt) for the Hobart class Guided Missile Destroyer Capability Upgrade program - Project Sea 4000 Phase 6. The final set of ShipAlt drawings will be delivered in Quarter 1, 2025.
ShipAlt is a U.S Navy standard for the manufacturing and installation instructions that are needed to physically alter and install new systems and equipment in an in-service warship. Navantia Australia is also developing main engineering work products, namely the Technical Document Pack (TDP) and the Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) artefacts, as part of the program.
Navantia Australia’s Naval Design and Engineering Centre in Docklands, Victoria, has a team of 55 people including engineers, designers, project managers and schedulers dedicated to delivering the SEA4000 Phase 6 activities.
"Our team had faced delays beyond our control earlier in the year due to ITAR and export control issues and obtaining the necessary information sharing agreements," said Navantia Australia’s DDG Phase 6 Program Manager, Aidan Crees.
"That we released the first set of ShipAlt drawings only one month later than originally planned, despite the setbacks experienced before we could even begin, serves as an excellent example of our strength and capability as an integrated and outcomes-oriented organisation,” he added.