Australian-owned maritime consultancy

Making waves in
maritime design, engineering
& consulting.

Rubicon Associates provides naval architecture and marine engineering services, platform systems design, integration and consulting services.

Accreditation IMS Certified · ISO 9001 / 14001 / 45001
Security DISP Accredited
Ownership 100% Australian-owned
Locations Melbourne · Fremantle
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Innovative, integrated solutions that shape the naval and maritime industries.

Rubicon's multidisciplinary team brings decades of maritime engineering experience across naval and commercial platforms, from RAN patrol vessels and surface combatants to offshore support vessels, research ships, and amphibious craft. We deliver through five integrated service lines, underpinned by our Rubicon Matrix Methodology.

01Core discipline

Design & Design Integration

Our multidisciplinary team delivers naval architecture, marine systems design, and platform integration from concept through construction. We provide design authority across complex maritime programs, ensuring solutions meet operational requirements, classification standards, and regulatory compliance in demanding marine environments.

Naval architecture Marine systems design Design authority Class compliance
  • Structured systems engineering across the full platform lifecycle: requirements management, system analysis and definition, verification and validation, and safety case development. Our approach integrates SFARP principles and Rubicon Matrix Methodology to ensure solutions are operationally effective, safe, compliant, and supportable throughout service life.

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  • Comprehensive ILS product development across all elements supporting platform acquisition and sustainment. We deliver logistics support analysis, maintenance planning, supply strategies, technical documentation, and training, ensuring platforms remain operationally capable throughout their service life.

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  • We manage complex maritime engineering programs from platform system integration through multi-year vessel sustainment. Our project managers understand both Defence procurement processes and maritime engineering, enabling effective technical risk management and informed decision-making when challenges arise.

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  • We maintain technical currency in emerging maritime technologies: autonomous systems, digital engineering, and advanced analysis methods. Our investment in innovation enables clients to adopt new capabilities while managing technical maturity, integration risk, and long-term supportability.

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Integrated solutions to complex maritime challenges.

This systematic approach considers platform history, operational context, and future requirements to deliver Integrated Intelligence: solutions that are fit for purpose, safe, environmentally responsible, secure, and supportable.

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The Rubicon Matrix

Pan-dimensional and collaborative, drawing on extensive multi-platform experience and innovative thinking to develop optimal engineering solutions, including those that may lie beyond the immediate design task.

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Integrated Intelligence

Engineering solutions developed around fitness for purpose, safety, environmental friendliness, security and technical supportability.

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Multi-platform experience

Extensive experience across maritime environments and RAN platforms, applied with proficiency in design philosophy, build strategy and asset life-cycle management.

Get the Rubicon Advantage.

Contact Rubicon Associates today to discuss how Integrated Intelligence can deliver exceptional outcomes for your next maritime project.

Email admin@rubiconassociates.com.au Phone +61 3 9867 2522