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New air warfare destroyers

14 March 2004

Three international ship designers have been selected to develop concept ship designs based on existing ship classes to enable the selection of Australia’s new air warfare destroyers. Spanish ship builder IZAR, Blohm + Voss of Germany and Gibbs & Cox of the United States will participate in an activity that will lead to the selection of a preferred designer in mid 2005.

Read Ministerial release: Air warfare destroyer design competition begins

DDG(1)
United States guided missile destroyer Arleigh Burke Class / DDG / 75 / USS Donald Cook.

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DDG(4)
United States guided missile destroyer. Arleigh Burke Class / DDG / 83 / USS Howard.

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F100(1)
Spanish frigate, Alvaro De Bazan Class / FFG.

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F124(2)
German frigate: Sachsen Class (Type124) / FFG / F219 / FGS Sachsen.

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