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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Lockheed Martin Begins Testing on Australia's First Aegis Weapon System

SPY-1DThe Aegis Weapon System destined for Australia's first Air Warfare Destroyer began a four month testing program today at Lockheed Martin's Aegis Production Test Center.

When testing concludes, the full Aegis Weapon System will be ready for installation in HMAS Hobart, the first of three Australian Air Warfare Destroyers under contract.

Lockheed Martin's Production Test Center replicates a ship's superstructure and allows for the first integration of all the subsystems of the Aegis Weapon System, including the SPY-1D(V) radar, illuminators, all computing hardware, and the cabling that will be used in the final ship installation.

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1 comment:

  1. Pete19/8/09 16:20

    These are for the 3 Air Warfare Destroyers being part built in Spain and also Australia.

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