France Australia Diplomacy

French naval contractor DCNS today won a Aus$50 billion (US$39 billion) contract to design and build Australia's next generation of submarines, beating competition from Germany and Japan in the country's biggest ever defence procurement programme.

French naval contractor DCNS today won a Aus$50 billion (US$39 billion) contract to design and build Australia's next generation of submarines, beating competition from Germany and Japan in the country's biggest ever defence procurement programme.