Austal Commences Production on $5 Billion Landing Craft Projects

15 November 2026

Metal has been cut on the first Landing Craft Heavy (LCH) and Landing Craft Medium (LCM). The approx. $4 billion LCH contract consists of eight vessels and the $1.029 billion LCM contract consists of 18 vessels (photos: Austal)

We have officially started production on our $5 billion landing craft projects for the Australian Army.

After an extensive design and supply procurement process, metal has been cut on the first of eight Landing Craft Heavy and eighteen Landing Craft Medium vessels.

We welcomed the Minister for Defence Industry The Hon Pat Conroy MP and Western Australia’s Minister for Manufacturing, Skills and TAFE, and Minister assisting the Minister for Defence Industries The Hon Amber-Jade Sanderson MLA, our Defence and industry partners to Henderson for the announcement.

This represents an exciting step forward in our delivery of littoral capability to Australia’s defence force and for Austal as Australia’s sovereign shipbuilder.

These projects will deliver major long-term benefits for Australia's sovereign defence industrial capability, support skilled jobs, strengthen supply chains and reinforce Western Australia's position as a nationally significant defence manufacturing hub.

(Austal)

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