Australia has adopted the first destroyer with the aegis

Australia has officially joined the "Club of aegis". On the basis of osborne the australian navy held a ceremony of adopting the destroyer hobart, the first of three ships of the same name, type, reports "Warspot" with reference to the portal navaltoday. Com hobart will play a crucial role for the defense, providing new opportunities for the royal australian navy. Using a combination of american and australian technology, this ship will allow us to more effectively work with our allies – said minister of defense industry of australia christopher pyne. Destroyer hobartэсминцы type hobart are built on the program sea 4000, under which the australian navy needs to obtain three modern multi-purpose combat vehicle. The length of the destroyer type hobart is 147 m, displacement – 6150 so each of the ships will be equipped with the aegis system with multi-function radar lockheed martin an/spy-1d(v) 48 charger universal vertical launcher mk 41, which needs to accommodate anti-aircraft missiles standard sm-2 and essm (in the future – standard sm-6 and tomahawk). Aegis – the american ship multifunctional combat information and control system, which is an integrated network of vehicular controls, management, and destruction.

The system allows to accept and process information from sensors of other ships and aircraft, passing the coordinates of the targets on their launchers. Destroyer hmas hobart (d39) "Delayed" on the stocks for more than two years, but by september last year, the company techport australia all successfully completed the ship and the consortium awd alliance has prepared him to transfer to the australian navy. The first exit in the sea was held on 13 september last year, with the shipyard techport australia in adelaide (South australia). Australian destroyers based on the type of frigate álvaro de bazán, designed by navantia for the spanish navy. In the period from 1999 to 2012, we built five of these frigates, designed for operations in the search-strike group led by aircraft carrier. The second type destroyer hobart was launched in december last year and is now undergoing a series of tests.