# Naval Group orders Droop+Rein gantry machine for submarine program

Naval Group has ordered a Droop+Rein five-axis gantry milling machine from Starrag Group for the Attack class submarine construction in Osborne, South Australia. The machine is the largest ever installed in Australia.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2021-02-23
- Where: Osborne, South Australia, Australia
- Status: announced
- Products: gantry milling machine, submarine hull elements
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md), [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Naval Group](https://endata.com/companies/11418.md) (customer)
- [Starrag](https://endata.com/companies/16535.md) (supplier)
- [H&H Machine Tools Australia](https://endata.com/companies/47272.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [amtil.com.au](https://amtil.com.au/starrag-ran-largest-machining-centre-amtil/), 2021-02-22: "the largest machine ever to be put into operation in Australia"

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