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Home» Event News» PACIFIC 2019»PACIFIC 2019: SEA 5000 Hunter-class frigates to benefit from Aegis CMS
Hunter-class frigate model seen on BAE Systems booth at Pacific 2019

PACIFIC 2019: SEA 5000 Hunter-class frigates to benefit from Aegis CMS

Lockheed Martin is moving forward with Aegis combat management system integration on the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) future SEA 5000 Hunter-class frigates, Naval News learned during Pacific 2019.

Nathan Gain 11 Oct 2019

On October 2017, the then Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull, announced « the combat management system for Australia’s fleet of nine Future Frigates will be provided by the Aegis Combat Management System, together with an Australian tactical interface, which will be developed by Saab Australia. This decision will maximize the Future Frigate’s air warfare capabilities, enabling these ships to engage threat missiles at long range, which is vital given rogue states are developing missiles with advanced range and speed. »

Centered around the AN/SPY-1 radar, Aegis is a fully integrated combat management system, providing full 360- degree, 3D tracking capacity. Aegis is successfully integrated aboard aboard 128 surface combatants (and counting) across 6 navies. On the Hunter-class frigates, Aegis will be integrated with the CEAFAR 2 Active Phased Array Radar developed in Australia by CEA and the Saab Australia 9LV tactical interface. 

Lockheed Martin is moving forward with Aegis combat management system integration on the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) future SEA 5000 Hunter-class frigates, the US-based company stated at Pacific 2019.
Detailed view of CEA’s CEAFAR 2 radar mast on the Hunter-class frigate scale model at Pacific 2019 naval exhibition

On February 2019, Raytheon Australia was selected by the Australian MoD to act as its Aegis systems integration agent. « Raytheon Australia will provide Defence with their demonstrated expertise for the successful implementation, evolution and continuous development of Aegis combat systems in our current and future surface combatants, » the former Defence Minister Christopher Pyne then said.

Lockheed Martin’s Aegis, through the Common Source Library, will maximise software reuse and enable rapid technology insertions to be used across multiple platforms. Selection of the Aegis system secures numerous jobs across the country, as Lockheed Martin Australia employs over 1200 people, including 500 engineers and technical staff in systems integration and engineering disciplines. 

The potential price tag for the Aegis acquisition for the nine Hunter-class vessels, while upgrading the RAN three existing Hobart-class AWD destroyers is US$ 185 million, according to the June 2018 FMS announcement made by the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). 

Fore more details on the Hunter-class frigate, check out our Day 2 video coverage at PACIFIC 2019
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Posted by : Nathan Gain
Nathan is based in Namur, Belgium. He holds an MA in modern history with a minor in international relations from the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL – Belgium). Fascinated by military history he naturally turned to the defense sector after graduating and is particularly interested in Northern European and Belgian defense issues as well as in anything related to naval aviation.

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