Rusty Murdaugh, chief financial officer and interim president of Austal USA, has been promoted to full-time president at the Mobile, Alabama-based military shipbuilder. He led the company’s project to grow manufacturing operations by adding a steel shipbuilding process and its purchase of additional waterfront property on the Mobile River, Austal USA said Wednesday. The shipbuilder […] More

Austal USA has wrapped up the acceptance trials for the future USS Augusta (LCS 34) and handed over the 17th Independence-variant littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy.  Following the delivery, the pre-commissioning unit of the vessel will prepare for integration into the naval fleet, the Mobile, Alabama-based shipbuilding company said Friday.  Rusty Murdaugh, president of Austal USA, commented […] More

Austal USA conducted the christening for the future USNS Cody, the 14th expeditionary fast transport vessel for delivery to the U.S. Navy.  The Mobile, Alabama-based shipbuilder said Saturday Cody is one of the two EPF Flight II vessels currently under construction to increase the number of naval expeditionary medical platforms. EPF Flight II is designed […] More

Austal USA has dispatched Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Apalachicola (EPF 13) to the U.S. Navy.  Following the delivery, the vessel is now the largest surface ship with autonomous capability in the U.S. Navy fleet, the shipbuilding company said Thursday.  The company worked with L3Harris Technologies and General Dynamics‘ mission systems business in conducting […] More

Austal USA commenced operations at its new waterfront ship repair facility in San Diego, California, where Naval Base San Diego is also located. The 15-acre facility includes 80,000 square feet of covered working area and will provide full service repair, maintenance and modernization services for unmanned and autonomous ships, small surface combatants and auxiliary vessels, […] More

Austal USA began production on electronic deck and command and control systems modules for the U.S. Navy’s Virginia- and Columbia-class attack submarines. The project is part of a partnership with General Dynamics’ Electric Boat subsidiary, which won a potential $813.7 million contract to support the branch’s nuclear submarine modernization efforts, Austal said Tuesday. “This partnership […] More

Austal’s U.S. arm and Saildrone will develop autonomous unmanned surface vehicles under a strategic partnership. Austal USA said Tuesday it will combine its advanced manufacturing capabilities with Saildrone’s unmanned surface vehicle technology through the partnership to provide the U.S. Navy and other government clients with platforms that could support hydrographic survey, maritime domain awareness and […] More

Austal USA has secured a $44 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for the design and construction of an expeditionary fast transport ship and its demonstration as an autonomous platform. The company said Wednesday it will conduct automated machinery plant enhancements to transform the USNS Apalachicola vessel as an autonomous prototype as part of […] More