Canberra: Minister for Defence Joel Fitzgib-bon welcomed an announcement by the AWD Alliance of the signing of a further two contracts for provision of elements of the combat system for Australia's three Hobart-class Air Warfare Destroyers (AWDs) during his visit to Techport South Australia.rn"These latest contract signings mean that the AWD Alliance now has in place contracts for the majority of the AWD combat system, and since mid-2008 the Alliance has signed contracts for the provision of combat system capability worth more than $350 million," Fitzgibbon said.rnThe Alliance has signed a contract worth $40 million with Raytheon Missile Systems, USA for the provision of the Very Short Range Defence-Air capability and with Adelaide-based Babcock Strachan and Henshaw Australia for the ships' Torpedo Launch Tubes worth $10 million.
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