Australian shipbuilder Austal bags $2.8 billion government contract
19/02/2026 22:25
Feb 20 (Reuters) - Australia's Austal ASB.AX said on Friday it has been awarded a A$4 billion ($2.82 billion) contract to build eight landing craft heavy (LCH) vessels for the Australian government. ($1 = 1.4178 Australian dollars) (Reporting by Sneha Kumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Jonathan Ananda) ((Sneha.Kumar@thomsonreuters.com;))
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