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Preferred designer announced for new air warfare destroyers

16 August 2005

The Minister for Defence Robert Hill announced on 16 August 2005 the selection of Gibbs & Cox as the preferred designer for the Royal Australian Navy's new air warfare destroyers. "The Gibbs & Cox evolved design will now compete with an Australianised version of Spain's existing F100 design, and will be further considered by the Government as part of the next phase of the project," Senator Hill said.

Read Ministerial release: Preferred designer chosen for AWD contract

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The Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer, USS Fitzgerald -- a class of vessel for which the lead ship design agent was Gibbs & Cox, the firm announced on 16 August 2005 as preferred tenderer for design of Australia's air warfare destroyer.

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The Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer, USS Russell -- a class of vessel for which the lead ship design agent was Gibbs & Cox, the firm announced on 16 August 2005 as preferred tenderer for design of Australia's air warfare destroyer.

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United States guided missile destroyer Arleigh Burke Class (Gibbs & Cox) -- representative of the ship type from which Gibbs & Cox will evolve a design for Australia's new air warfare destroyers.

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United States guided missile destroyer Arleigh Burke Class (Gibbs & Cox) -- representative of the ship type from which Gibbs & Cox will evolve a design for Australia's new air warfare destroyers.

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The current F100 Spanish frigate, Alvaro De Bazan Class FFG -- an Australianised version of which will compete with the preferred designer, Gibbs & Cox, in the next phase of the Air Warfare Destroyer Project.

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