Selected by the Government in June 2007 after a rigorous Two Pass Process, Navantia is the Platform Systems Designer for Australia’s Hobart Class Air Warfare Destroyers. Navantia will work with the AWD Alliance (DMO, ASC and Raytheon Australia) to deliver Australia’s Hobart Class AWDs to the Royal Australian Navy.

Navantia has been designing and building ships for more than 250 years and offers the AWD Alliance a wealth of valuable experience. Importantly, like Australia’s AWDs, Navantia has built four F100s (currently building a fifth) using a modular construction methodology ensuring efficiency benefits for the design of Australia’s HOBART Class.

Navantia will act as a subcontractor to the Commonwealth and personnel in the Design Team will be integrated seamlessly into the Alliance working environment to achieve common Alliance goals. The ongoing productive and open relationship between Navantia and the Alliance will help ensure the Royal Australian Navy receives the best capability on time and on budget. 

The AWD Alliance will work alongside the United States Navy and its Aegis Combat System Engineering Agent, Lockheed Martin, to deliver the Aegis capability to the HOBART Class AWDs.

The US Navy Aegis Combat System, incorporating the state-of-the-art AN/SPY-1D(V) phased array radar forms the core capability of the Hobart Class AWDs. Aegis is the worlds foremost advanced air defence system capable of engaging enemy aircraft at ranges in excess of 150km

The AWD Alliance will continue to work closely with the USN on combat system integration and risk reduction studies to minimise the risk of any delay to the delivery date for the first Air Warfare Destroyer.