RAN'S FIRST AEGIS SYSTEM UNDERGOES TESTING

摘要

The Aegis Weapon System destined for Australia's first Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) has begun a four month test program at Lockheed Martin's Aegis Production Test Center in New Jersey.rnWhen testing concludes, the full Aegis Weapon System will be ready for installation in HMAS Hobart, the first of three AWDs currently on order for the RAN.rnThe Production Test Center, also known as 'the frigate in a cornfield' replicates a ship's superstructure literally in the middle of a field and allows for the first integration of all the subsystems of the Aegis Weapon System, including the SPY-ID(V) radar, illuminators, all computing hard-rnware, and the cabling that will be used in the final ship installation.