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New
Australian destroyer completes acceptance trials
The first of
three guided missile destroyers for the Royal Australian Navy has passed its
Sea Acceptance Trials.
By Richard
Tomkins | March
6, 2017 at 1:51 PM
March 6 (UPI)
-- Australia's first Air Warfare Destroyer has successfully completed
weeks of Sea Acceptance Trials off the coast of South Australia.
"Over
the past five weeks, the AWD Alliance has conducted some 20 platform system
tests and 45 combat system tests, to successfully validate Hobart's complete
Mission System," AWD Alliance General Manager Paul Evans said in a press release.
"Completing
Acceptance Sea Trials on a first of class ship is a momentous occasion for the
Alliance as we move closer to delivering Hobart to [The Department of] Defense.
It has been achieved through the extraordinary efforts of the on-board crew and
support team, whose dedication and commitment has been instrumental in ensuring
the success of Hobart's sea trials."
The Air
Warfare Destroyer Alliance, which is delivering the guided missile destroyers,
is comprised of Australian shipbuilder ASC, mission systems integrator Raytheon
Australia and the Government's Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group.
Shipbuilder
Navantia also contributes to the AWD program.
Work on the
first-of-class Hobart started in January of 2010. The destroyer was launched in
2015. It is expected to be turned over to the Royal Australian Navy in July.
"Hobart's
sensors, weapons and communications systems have been put to the test by Royal
Australian Air Force and civilian aircraft, Royal Australian Navy ships and
helicopters through a complex series of simulated scenarios and battle space
management," AWD Alliance Program Manager Commodore Craig Bourke said of
the acceptance trials completed on Monday.
"This
achievement demonstrates and proves the capacity of Australia's sovereign
defense industry to successfully build and integrate ships for our specific
defense needs."
The second of
three AWD vessels, the Brisbane, is to begin Builder's Sea Trials this year.
Original
post: upi.com
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