Techport Australia

Air Warfare Destroyer Systems Centre

The AWD Systems Centre is the national project headquarters housing Defence and industry participants working together to bring the Air Warfare Destroyer design to life.

The AWD Systems Centre is the hub of the AWD project accommodating AWD Alliance partners the Defence Materiel Organisation, Shipbuilder ASC, Hobart class Combat System Systems Engineer Raytheon Australia and capability partners Navantia, the United States Navy and Lockheed Martin Corporation. The Alliance is managing the design, schedule, budgets and major procurements of the AWD project.

The new high-tech AWD Systems Centre is under construction at Techport Australia and on completion in mid 2010, will house staff, including project managers, systems engineers, naval architects, planners and procurement specialists.

For further information on the AWD Alliance please refer to www.ausawd.com