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Bridge lifted on future Royal Australian Navy Air Warfare Destroyer

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Naval Forces News - Australia
 
 
 
Bridge lifted on future Royal Australian Navy Air Warfare Destroyer
 
The Bridge for the first destroyer that is under construction as part of the Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) project was this week lifted onto the ship structure. The AWD Alliance completed this work on Wednesday morning. The block is a combination of two smaller blocks constructed by lead shipbuilder ASC and weighing more than 200 tonnes, it is the biggest to be added to the ship structure to date.
     
The Bridge for the first destroyer that is under construction as part of the Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) project was this week lifted onto the ship structure. The AWD Alliance completed this work on Wednesday morning. The block is a combination of two smaller blocks constructed by lead shipbuilder ASC and weighing more than 200 tonnes, it is the biggest to be added to the ship structure to date.
     
The AWD Alliance is responsible for delivering the three destroyers to the Royal Australian Navy and is made up of the DMO representing the Australian Government, ASC as the lead shipbuilder and Raytheon Australia as the mission systems integrator.

The AWD will have anti-air, anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare capability and will be able to embark a helicopter at sea.

From Australian Department of Defence
     
HOBART class Air Warfare Destroyer for the Royal Australian Navy
(Video: AWD Alliance)