Aviation Week – Australia has formally completed the deal to spend A$3.1 billion on two amphibious ships from Tenix.The government has just inked the deal that should see the HMAS Canberra delivered in 2013, and its sister ship, the HMAS Adelaide, to follow in 2015. The 27,000 metric ton vessels are designed to offload 1,124 embarked troops and carry their artillery, Abrams tanks and other vehicles.
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