BAE Systems Maritime Australia, formerly known as ASC Shipbuilding when it was the shipbuilding division of ASC Pty Ltd, is a subsidiary of BAE Systems Australia and will remain a subsidiary for the duration of the contract to build the Hunter class frigates. It was structurally separated from ASC Pty Ltd in December 2018 and became a subsidiary of BAE Systems Australia.[1] In 2021, it was renamed to BAE Systems Maritime Australia.[2]
History
ASC Shipbuilding had been one of the wholly owned subsidiary companies owned by ASC Pty Ltd, and had been involved in the construction of the Air Warfare Destroyer and Offshore Patrol Vessel projects under ASC's lead role.[3]
To establish ASC Shipbuilding a number of assets and obligations were transferred from ASC Group. These included a new company named ASC OPV Shipbuilder Pty Ltd which has direct responsibility for completing the Offshore Patrol Vessel contract to build the first two Arafura-class ships under licence from