Austal gears up for expensive defence contracts

The cost of boosting capacity to meet US military contract compliance was at the heart of a disappointing first-half result to December 31 for Austal, the Western Australian shipbuilder said yesterday.

Net profit for the increasingly defence-oriented builder was $16.9m,...

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