SYDNEY (Reuters) -Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will deliver Australia's new A$10 billion ($6.5 billion) navy frigate programme, Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said on Tuesday.
The frigate contract, expected to be signed by the end of the year, will be the biggest Australian defence purchase since the government agreed to build nuclear-powered submarines with the United States and Britain in 2023, and one of Japan's biggest defence export deals.
