All hands on deck in Turnbull government's German-led, four-company patrol ship plan

By David Wroe, National Security Correspondent
Updated November 25 2017 - 11:33am, first published 11:25am

The Turnbull government has picked a German firm to design its new $3.5 billion fleet of naval patrol ships but, in an unusual move, will split the building of the vessels between three companies across Adelaide and Fremantle.

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