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HII Names VEEM As Initial Australian Company To Enter Sub Supplier Program

HII Names VEEM As Initial Australian Company To Enter Sub Supplier Program
Representatives of HII Australia visited VEEM Ltd. in Canning Vale, Western Australia with Australian deputy prime minister and defense minister Richard Marles, as it was accepted into the HII-run Australian Submarine Supplier Qualification pilot program. (Photo: HII)

HII [HII] named Australia's VEEM Ltd. as one of the first companies that will join a submarine supplier pilot program HII is leading to help connect Australian firms to the U.S. and U.K. submarine industrial bases. The U.S. company noted VEEM has decades of experience in performing precision casting for the Collins-class submarine, which HII said makes it “well positioned” to become part of the Virginia-class submarine supply chain under the Australian Submarine Supplier Qualification (AUSS-Q) pilot program. Earlier this…

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