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News- Lockheed Martin Completes First Aegis Weapon System

Lockheed Martin announced yesterday that it has completed production of the first Aegis Weapon System for the Royal Australian Navy’s Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD-1) Program.

In a ceremony at its Moorestown, N.J., facility, Lockheed Martin marked the successful completion of a full range of acceptance tests carried out over several months to confirm system performance. The Aegis system is now ready for shipboard installation on HOBART, the first of Australia’s three planned Aegis-equipped destroyers.

In 2007, the company was awarded by the U.S. Navy a contract to equip three Australian ships with the Aegis. The first AWD-1 system will now be packed and shipped to ASC Shipyard in Adelaide, South Australia. HOBART is expected to be delivered to the Royal Australian Navy in December 2014.

Terry Benedict, rear admiral and program executive officer for U.S. Navy’s integrated warfare systems, said “This ceremony represents the culmination of an exceptional effort to deliver a tested Aegis Weapon System for the Australia Air Warfare Destroyer. I want to congratulate the AWD Team, both in Australia and in the United States, on this significant achievement.”

With the Aegis system, destroyers are able to engage simultaneous threats from under the sea, the surface and the air. The 92 Aegis-equipped ships currently in service worldwide have more than 950 years of at-sea operational experience and have launched more than 3, 500 missiles in tests and real-world operations.

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