The major challenges the project faces are:
● Achieving a mature design on schedule including the successful integration of the Australianised weapons and sensor package in the existing platform.
● Putting in place an appropriately structured support system to enable through life support of the ships.
● Ensuring that Alliance partners and their sub-contractors have appropriately skilled and experienced labour.
● Achieving timely delivery from sub contractors and suppliers.
● Establishing an efficient working shipyard from a green field site.
● Adapting the build strategy and methodology of the Spanish ship designer, Navantia, to the Australian shipbuilding environment.