Japanese companies in Australia to look for partners to build submarines

Executives from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Kawasaki Heavy Industries are in Adelaide, Australia for talks with local defense contractors, local officials and labor unions in exploring the possibility of building submarines in the city.

JS Hakuryu (SS-503) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a scheduled port visit, -6 Feb. 2013 (YP255-023)
By Christy Hagen, U.S. Navy [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The move is seen as responding to pressure to have Australia’s future submarines built domestically.

So far, talks had been held with Babcock International Group and BAE Systems.

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