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The Australian Air Warfare Destroyer is a class of three ships which are planned to enter service with the Royal Australian Navy from 2013. While the design of the AWD is yet to be finalised, the ships will feature the Aegis Combat System and other sophisticated weapons and electronic systems. OVERVIEW Under the ''Sea 4000'' project, the Frigate s. In August 2005 the Australian Government announced that Gibbs & Cox was the 'preferred designer' of the Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD). While development of the AWD will be focused on a variant of Gibbs & Cox's ''Arleigh Burke'' Class destroyer, the Australian Government has not yet ordered any ships and the Spanish F100 Design remains the official alternative to the Burke. The Air Warfare Destroyers will feature the Aegis Combat System . Combat system integration will be performed by Raytheon and the ships will be built by Australian Submarine Corporation (ASC) Shipbuilding , at Osborne, South Australia . The first AWD is scheduled to be delivered in October 2013 with the second ship to be delivered in 2015 and the third in 2017 . The project cost is estimated at "at least" $ 6 billion, according to press reports {Link without Title} , though reports were vague as to exactly what items are included in the figure. The Australian Minister for Defence announced on 20 January 2006 that the Air Warfare Destroyers will be named ''Hobart'' , ''Brisbane'' and ''Sydney'' . |
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