Australia Selects Spanish Design for its Air Warfare Destroyer

Released on Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Spanish ship designer and builder Navantia welcomes the selection of the F-100 design as the basis for Australia's next Air Warfare Destroyers and the Tenix/Navantia team as preferred tenderer to construct Amphibious Ships for the Royal Australian Navy.

We are proud to be selected by the Australian Government to provide the designs for the ships that will provide the RAN with the core of its next generation of combat capability, and to be given the opportunity to work with Australian industry to deliver those vessels.

The Australian Government and the RAN are recognised worldwide as demanding customers for naval equipment, and Navantia is very satisfied to have met their rigorous standards. Navantia looks forward to working together with the AWD Alliance and Tenix on these two projects, as well as with governments at all levels throughout Australia.

Navantia extends its warmest thanks to all who assisted in the contract bid, particularly members of the AWD Alliance "Existing Design" Team and Tenix, the lead partners on our LHD bid.