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2024
March
- ANI appoints concept design partners, KBR and a joint venture between Aurecon and Aecom | Concept design partners announced for South Australia’s new nuclear-powered submarine construction yard | Defence Ministers
- ASC Pty Ltd and BAE Systems announced as AUKUS build and sustainment partners | AUKUS build and sustainment partners announced | Defence Ministers
2023
December
- Strategic Assessment announced under the Environment, Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act | Australian Submarine Agency | Osborne Submarine Construction Yard | Australian Submarine Agency (asa.gov.au)
July
- Launch of the Australian Submarine Agency | Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Defence, Minister for Defence Industry, Minister for International Development and the Pacific
April
- ANI Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director reappointed | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance
March
- Australia’s future nuclear-powered submarines to be built in Adelaide | CEO, Australian Naval Infrastructure
- Commonwealth and South Australia sign submarine Cooperation Agreement | Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Defence, Minister for Defence Industry, Minister for International Development and the Pacific
- AUKUS Submarine Workforce and Industry Strategy | Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Defence, Minister for Defence Industry, Minister for International Development and the Pacific
- South Australia to deliver nuclear-powered submarine build | Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Defence Industry, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Premier of South Australia
- AUKUS Nuclear-Powered Submarine Pathway | Prime Minister of Australia, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Defence
- Joint statement on AUKUS | Prime Minister of Australia
2022
October
Defence industry partner announced to optimise Hobart Class Destroyers | Minister for Defence Industry
May
- Quad joint leaders statement on AUKUS | Prime Minister of Australia
March
- Osborne submarine shipyard to triple in size for AUKUS Build | Federal Government moves to secure space for nuclear-powered submarines
- Joint media release multi-billion dollar large ship infrastructure for Henderson, Western Australia | Minister for Defence
February
- Joint statement on AUKUS | Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Prime Minister Scott Morrison
2021
December
- HMAS Arafura launched at Osborne Naval Shipyard | Minister for Defence
September
- Joint leaders statement on AUKUS | Prime Minister of Australia
- Australia to pursue nuclear-powered submarines through new trilateral enhanced security partnership | Prime Minister of Australia
- Key naval projects confirmed for South Australia | Prime Minister of Australia
June
- Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) #2 – to be known as HMAS Eyre – hull section moved to the dry berth for consolidation works by ANI Operations team
February
- Sarah Constructions awarded contract to build ANI’s new office facility at the Osborne Naval Shipyard | The Morse
2020
October
- MV John Duigan pays an unexpected visit to ONS for repairs | ANI Vimeo
September
- SA jobs boom as Osborne shipyard is completed | Prime Minister of Australia
- Doorstop – Osborne, SA | Finance Minister
- SA jobs boom as Osborne [South] shipyard is completed | Prime Minister of Australia
- Modernisation of the existing Osborne south yard commences with the repurposing of Building 2 into a state-of-the art pipe fabrication workshop
April
- ANI’s Operations Team manoeuvres the fore (564t and 32m long) and aft (970t, 13m wide and 45.5m long) megablock sections to the dry berth for final consolidation works using ANI’s recently acquired SPMT’s | ANI Vimeo
- Government appoints former Chief Financial and Commercial Office of ANI, Mr Andrew Seaton, as Managing Director and Chief Executive Office | Finance Minister
2019
- October – Construction of the Osborne North Development Project (ONDP), a new submarine construction yard, commences at ONS | The Morse
2018
December
- Steel raised at Osborne South Shipyard | Defence Minister
- Hunter Class head contract signed | Defence Minister
November
- OPV construction commences | Finance Minister
October
- Steel Cut for first offshore patrol vessel | Prime Minister of Australia
June
- Osborne South Shipyard Redevelopment in Full Swing | Finance Minister
2017
December
- Government secures 200 new jobs at Osborne, totalling 1200 this year | Finance Minister
October
- Construction team mobilises to ONS for commencement of works on the Osborne South Development Project
- 600 construction jobs to be created as Lendlease selected to build Osborne South Shipyard | Finance Minister
September
- David Knox appointed as ANI’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer after previous appointment as Interim MD and CEO in June.
August
- Doorstop – ANI launch event | Finance Minister
- Government unveils design and turned the first sod for the new surface shipbuilding yard at ONS | Finance Minister
June
- Australian Naval Infrastructure Up and Running | Finance Minister
May
- Government announces the purchase of the CUF and surrounding land from the SA Government to substantially increase the size of the ship and submarine building facility at Osborne | Finance Minister
- Naval Shipbuilding Plan is released outlining the Government’s vision for the Australian naval shipbuilding enterprise and the significant investment required in coming decades | Defence News
March
- Government establishes Australian Naval Infrastructure (ANI) | Finance Minister
2016
December
- Department of Defence and Odense Maritime Technologies (OMT) to work with a range of stakeholders to deliver designs for a surface vessel shipyard that supports both minor and major surface vessel programs now and into the future | Defence Industry Minister
October
- Commonwealth announces separation of ASC to manage assets, develop program infrastructure, provide precinct services and manage common user facilities | Finance Minister
May
- Release of Naval Shipbuilding Plan | Department of Defence
- Agreement reached on Common User Facility | Finance Minister