Analysts warn that Britain and Australia may need to in effect alternate the production of the subs if there aren’t enough workers to go around.
to churn out nuclear-powered AUKUS submarines within 20 years is whether they can recruit and train enough skilled workers, defence experts have warned.
Britain has been developing a new class of nuclear-powered submarine since 2018. The bilaterally-shared AUKUS submarine will be based on that model, for which BAE Systems and Rolls Royce in September 2021 won a £170 million initial design contract. “That can be hard. That’s where you could find the two countries pulling on the same groups of experts, particularly because Australia seems to be actively seeking people from abroad with the relevant expertise to actually take part in construction.”there will be a peak of 8500 jobs required to build and sustain the submarines in Australia, part of a total of 20,000 roles that will be created across the next 30 years in the Australian military, public service and private sector.
“We could see something similar with the British and Australians: the Australian production line acts as subcontractors or components of the British sub during the British build, and then the roles are reversed - if you can sequence them into a kind of drumbeat.” “It will likely not be funding, but securing adequate numbers of SQEP that will be the biggest single factor defining whether the AUKUS submarine program can be successfully delivered.”
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