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Landing Craft Medium and Landing Craft Heavy
Landing Craft Medium (18 vessels, up to 90 t payload) and Landing Craft Heavy (8 vessels, based on Damen LST100) for the Australian Army, built at Henderson.
Description
Under the Strategic Shipbuilding Agreement signed with the Commonwealth of Australia on 28 August 2025, Austal Defence Australia is delivering the LAND8710 Landing Craft Medium (LCM) and Landing Craft Heavy (LCH) projects for the Australian Army at the Henderson Shipbuilding Precinct.
Key features
- Landing Craft Medium: 18 vessels over 8 years; design and build contract executed 18 December 2025; range up to 2,000 nautical miles when operating with LCH; payload up to 90 tonnes (four HIMARS, one main battle tank, or one infantry fighting vehicle and two Bushmasters)
- Landing Craft Heavy: 8 vessels over 12 years based on the Damen Landing Ship Transport 100 (LST100) design; contract executed 20 February 2026
- LST100: 3,900-tonne displacement, 100 m long, 16 m wide, carrying more than 500 tonnes of military vehicles and equipment (six Abrams tanks, 11 Redback IFVs or 26 HIMARS)
- LCH to be fitted with self-defence weapons systems and Australian military communications
Applications
- Littoral manoeuvre and amphibious transport for the Australian Army
Specifications
| LCM quantity | 18 vessels |
|---|---|
| LCM payload | Up to 90 t |
| LCM range | Up to 2,000 nm (with LCH) |
| LCH quantity | 8 vessels |
| LCH length | 100 m |
| LCH beam | 16 m |
| LCH displacement | 3,900 t |
| LCH payload | More than 500 t |
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