Elsevier

UNSW Canberra, Australia

Marine Policy 161 (2024) 106003

Australianised military off-the-shelf: Australia’s naval ship design ethos and the Anzac Class frigates

By Richard Dunley

Australia adopts an Australianised Military Off-the-Shelf approach to naval ship design. It does so in order to reduce risk and cost whilst also delivering appropriate vessels for the Royal Australian Navy and maintaining sovereign capability. 

This article examines Australia’s approach to naval ship design, outlining its strengths and

weaknesses before using the case study of the Anzac Class frigates to consider the criteria for the successful application of this approach.

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