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This is an end to the boom and bust pattern that we\u2019ve seen with shipbuilding in Australia,&#8221; Turnbull said. &#8220;This is the largest investment in our defense capability of our Navy ever in peace time.&#8221;<\/span><br\/><br\/> <span lang=\"EN-AU\">Under the plan, the government will invest in the rolling acquisition of 12 conventionally-powered submarines under Project Sea 1000 (Future Submarine), the continuous build of nine frigates under Project Sea 5000 (Future Frigate) and a follow-on class of surface combats; and a continuous build program for minor naval vessels.<\/span><br\/><br\/> <span lang=\"EN-AU\">The minor naval vessels build program is already underway with construction of 19 patrol boats to be gifted to Pacific nations under Project Sea 3036, beginning this year at the Austal facility at Henderson in Western Australia.\u00a0 This will be followed by the Offshore Patrol Vessel program for the Royal Australian Navy under Sea 1180 from 2018, initially commencing at the Osborne Naval Shipyard and transferring to Henderson in 2020.<\/span><br\/><br\/> <span lang=\"EN-AU\">A request for tender (RFT) for the 1<\/span>2-vessel program<span lang=\"EN-AU\">, valued at $3 billion Australian dollars or U.S.\u00a0<\/span>$2.23 billion,\u00a0was issued to the three shortlisted designers, Damen, Fassmer and L\u00fcrssen, in November 2016. A decision is expected shortly.<br\/><br\/> <span lang=\"EN-AU\">An RFT for the A$35 billion (U.S. $26 billion) Future Frigate design was released in March, with construction at Osborne to begin in 2020. The three shortlisted ship designers are BAE Systems (Global Combat Ship), Fincantieri (FREMM) and Navantia (F100-derivative).\u00a0<\/span><br\/><br\/> <span lang=\"EN-AU\">The A$50 billion (U.S. $37.15 billion) Future Submarine project will acquire twelve DCNS Shortfin Barracuda 1A submarines, based on the French Navy\u2019s nuclear-powered Barracuda. 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