Mobile and Baldwin County News
When the Pentagon passed over Austal USA for the Navy’s frigate contract in April 2020, observers warned that Mobile’s largest industrial employer faced an existential crisis. Less than three years…
Austal USA is branching into yet another new area of shipbuilding: uncrewed ocean vehicles. The Mobile shipyard has reached a partnership with Saildrone, the California-based autonomous vessel maker, to manufacture…
Austal founder John Rothwell expects the company’s Mobile shipyard to stay busy long after the Navy stops ordering Littoral Combat Ships, with the American operation converting at least half of…