{"id":3011,"date":"2018-02-01T13:03:52","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T13:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=3011"},"modified":"2018-02-01T13:03:52","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T13:03:52","slug":"australians-navy-opv-project-is-on-track-after-the-signing-of-the-contract-with-lurssen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/02\/01\/australians-navy-opv-project-is-on-track-after-the-signing-of-the-contract-with-lurssen\/","title":{"rendered":"AUSTRALIAN\u2019S NAVY OPV PROJECT IS ON TRACK AFTER THE SIGNING OF THE CONTRACT WITH LURSSEN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/02\/L\u00fcrssen-OPV-80.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3012\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/02\/L\u00fcrssen-OPV-80-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/02\/L\u00fcrssen-OPV-80-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/02\/L\u00fcrssen-OPV-80-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/02\/L\u00fcrssen-OPV-80-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/02\/L\u00fcrssen-OPV-80-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/02\/L\u00fcrssen-OPV-80-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/02\/L\u00fcrssen-OPV-80-160x90.jpg 160w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/02\/L\u00fcrssen-OPV-80.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sourced: Australian Department of Defence; issued Jan 31, 2018<\/p>\n<p>The multi-billion dollar Offshore Patrol Vessel project of the Australian Navy is on track after the signing of a contract with L\u00fcrssen.<\/p>\n<p>Australian Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, said the contract with L\u00fcrssen to lead the design and build is worth at least $3 billion for 12 OPVs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis contract signature demonstrates the Turnbull Government\u2019s commitment to keeping on schedule and supporting Australian industry,\u201d said Minister Pyne.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vessels will be delivered by Australian workers, in Australian shipyards using Australian steel. The project will create around 1000 jobs &#8211; 400 direct and a further 600 in the supply chain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lurssen PV 80 offshore patrol vessel\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ap1BWXMQh2k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Read more at : http:\/\/www.defense-aerospace.com\/article-view\/release\/190277\/lurssen-wins-%243-bn-australian-order-for-12-offshore-patrol-vessels.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sourced: Australian Department of Defence; issued Jan 31, 2018 The multi-billion dollar Offshore Patrol Vessel project of the Australian Navy is on track after the signing of a contract with L\u00fcrssen. Australian Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, said the contract with L\u00fcrssen to lead the design and build is worth at&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/02\/01\/australians-navy-opv-project-is-on-track-after-the-signing-of-the-contract-with-lurssen\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AUSTRALIAN\u2019S NAVY OPV PROJECT IS ON TRACK AFTER THE SIGNING OF THE CONTRACT WITH LURSSEN<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1793,815],"class_list":["post-3011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-industry","tag-australian-navy","tag-opv","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3011"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3013,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011\/revisions\/3013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}