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Australia Locks-in More Air Warfare Destroyer Combat System Elements

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Friday, December 5th, 2008

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Australia's Ministry of Defence (MoD) Tuesday said the Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) Alliance made up of the Defence Materiel Organisation, ASC and Raytheon [RTN] Australia signed three more contracts for the ship's combat systems and that additional contracts worth more than $100 million should be awarded by year's end. "The most recent contract signings, worth about $20 million, mean the AWD Alliance now has in place contracts for six major components of the Australian AWD combat system," Hon. Greg Combet,…

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