British defence company BAE Systems has won the $35 billion contract to build Australia's fleet of new navy frigates.
The federal government has announced the company's Type 26 Global Combat ship will be the design for the naval program.
The nine new ships will be built in Adelaide by government-owned A-S-C Shipbuilding and will be officially known as the Hunter class.
The federal government-owned ASC Shipbuilding will become a subsidiary of the UK defence giant during the build.
The advanced guided missile frigates will begin entering service in the late 2020s.
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said the contract would deliver "one of the world's most advanced anti-submarine frigates".
"It will create about 4000 jobs, and it will secure a sovereign naval shipbuilding industry here in Australia for decades to come," he told Sky News.
