Signing of Submarine Build Framework Agreement Between France and Australia

01/12/2017

01/12/2017: Prime Minister of Australia, the Honorable Malcolm Turnbull, and the French Minister of Defence, Mr. Jean-Yves Le Drian, visited Keswick Barracks in Adelaide on 20 December 2016 for the official signing ceremony of the Framework Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the French Republic Concerning Cooperation on the Future Submarine Program.

Also in attendance was Minister for Defence Industry, the Honorable Christopher Pyne, Vice Chief of the Defence Force Vice Admiral Ray Griggs, Deputy Secretary Strategic Policy and Intelligence Rebecca Skinner and Director General Submarines Branch Commodore Tim Brown.

 Credit:Australian Ministry of Defence:12/20/16

 See our articles on the submarine program:

 https://sldinfo.com/the-new-australian-submarine-a-discussion-with-dcns-australia/

 https://sldinfo.com/focuspublications/australias-new-class-of-conventional-submarines/

 https://sldinfo.com/building-submarines-in-australia-shaping-a-new-combat-capability-in-the-pacific/

 https://sldinfo.com/building-a-new-class-of-conventional-submarines-the-australian-case/