Feature 5
ship expected in late 2014.
BAE Systems Australia recently
confirmed that it will partner with Spanish
firm Indra to offer a proven electronic
warfare (EW) sensor and countermeasure
suite for the AWDs. BAE Systems said the
solution offers the lowest possible risk to
the RAN being the same system that is
already in use on the Spanish Navy’s F-100
class destroyers, on which the AWD design
is based. The company said the Indra Rigel
EW system has been accepted by the
Spanish Navy and meets the Australian
AWD requirement.
The Project SEA 1390 Phase 2.1
FFG Upgrade Project (FFG UP)
implementation phase is due to conclude
at the end of 2009, bringing to an end a
challenging programme under which four
Adelaide-class frigates have been cycled
through an extensive combat and platform
systems upgrade. Thales Australia is prime a range of preliminary studies have been commissioned looking at the successor to
contractor for the programme. the Collins class, examining areas such as propulsion, payload handling and storage,
The FFG UP has run significantly over and weapons.
time and budget as a consequence of a
variety of platform engineering, software
development and integration problems. ship (HMAS Perth) will start installation infrastructure is being delivered, with
Notwithstanding these difficulties, the in January 2010 and undergo operational major acquisition contracts established
modernised frigates have demonstrated trials until July 2011. for the US Navy’s Tactical Command
significant capability improvements A phased modernisation programme and Control Sub-system consisting of
over non-upgraded ships through the for the RAN’s six Collins class the AN/BYG-1(V)8 (which includes
integration of the Evolved SeaSparrow submarines continues. Under Project the Weapons Direction equipment) and
Missile (ESSM), new ADACS combat SEA 1439 Phase 4A, a replacement improvements to the sonar processing
system, and AN/SPS-49 and Mk 92 radar combat system and its associated support solution previously trialled as part of the
sensor upgrades.
Attention is now turning to the anti-ship
missile defence (ASMD) upgrade of
the RAN’s eight ANZAC class frigates
encompassed in Phases 2A and 2B of
Project SEA 1448. The ASMD upgrade will
provide the ANZAC ships with enhanced
platform survival against multiple
subsonic or supersonic missiles arriving
near simultaneously. Phase 2A involves
upgrading the combat management system
and installing an infra-red search and track
system; Phase 2B covers the introduction
of the indigenous CEAFAR phased array
radar and associated CEAMOUNT
illuminator to deliver a capability to
support multiple ESSM engagements.
As part of the overall de-risking
philosophy with this new leading edge
radar technology, the ASMD capability
is being fielded into a single ship initially
the anZaC class destroyer HMas Toowoomba on exercise – vessels in this class are due to
prior to other ships being modified. This
receive enhanced missile defences.
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