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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Babcock AWD torpedo launcher contract moves into next phase

Hobart classAssembly of the Mk32 Mod 9 torpedo launchers for the Hobart Class Air Warfare Destroyers is now underway at Babcock’s Techport Australia premises, marking an important milestone in the contract.

Babcock Pty Ltd, part of Babcock International Group, was awarded the contract in December 2008 by Raytheon Australia Pty Ltd, on behalf of the Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) Alliance.

Two Mk32 Mod 9 torpedo launcher assemblies will be mounted in magazine compartments, port and starboard, on each of the three Hobart class AWDs.

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1 comment:

  1. S O15/2/11 15:27

    This new report about the Torpedo soft kill defensive suite CIRCE may be of interest:

    http://www.strategie-technik.de/02_11/spek.pdf

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