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The ''Hobart'' class of Destroyer s, known during their planning phase as the '''Australian Air Warfare Destroyer''' or '''SEA 4000''', is a class of three ships scheduled to enter service with the Royal Australian Navy in 2013 . On June 20, 2007 , the Australian Government approved the Spanish ''Álvaro De Bazán'' Class Design , also known as the F100. The 6,250-tonne vessels will be built by the Australian Submarine Corporation (ASC) Shipbuilding , at Osborne, South Australia . The Air Warfare Destroyers will feature the Aegis Radar And Fire Control System , and integration of Aegis will be undertaken by Raytheon and the Defence Materiel Organisation . THE AUSTRALIAN AIR WARFARE DESTROYER PROGRAM The 2000 Defence White Paper stated that the navy would replace the Frigate s. In August 2005, the Australian Government announced that Gibbs & Cox was the 'preferred designer' of the Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD), with this design being a variant of Gibbs & Cox's ''Arleigh Burke'' Class . The Spanish F100 Design was retained in the competition as the official alternative to the Burke design.
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