Austal wins contract to build Navy Ships




We received good news on our local economy on Thursday. Austal Shipbuilders announced that they will be building 10 high speed military transport ships for the US Navy. The ship is called a Joint High Speed Vessel is part of U.S. Department of Defense’s next generation multi-use platform. Click on the link to Austal to see great pictures of the ship. Austal is an Australian based ship builder with a manufacturing facility located just outside of downtown Mobile.

It is expected that employment positions at the Mobile facility will increase from roughly 1000 to 1500.

Here is link to view AP News Story.