Feb 20 (Reuters) - Australia's Austal ASB.AX said on Friday it has been awarded a A$4 billion ($2.82 billion) contract to build eight landing craft heavy (LCH) vessels for the Australian government.
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(Reporting by Sneha Kumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Jonathan Ananda)
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