Australian Navy’s third AWD launched
The Australian Navy’s third and final Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD), the future HMAS Sydney, has been launched at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in South Australia, Navantia announced on 19 May.
The new vessel will join the second AWD, Brisbane, alongside the wharf at the Osborne Naval Shipyard.
All the three AWD vessels – Hobart, Brisbane and Sydney – are capable of anti-submarine warfare (ASW) as well as air-defence capabilities against both aircraft and cruise missile threats.
Michael Ward, managing director at Raytheon Australia, said that the vessels contain Australia's 'most advanced and complex' combat system, delivered on time and on budget.
'The AWD combat system integration activities represent some of the most advanced and complex engineering and project management skills in this country,' he added.
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