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Royal Australian Navy Fifth ANZAC class Frigate Completes ASM Defence Upgrade.
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HMAS Perth (FFH 157) fitted with CEA's CEAFAR active electronically scanned array radar. CEAFAR is an active phased array radar with a unique microwave tile-based design. The combination of the microwave tile and the Digital Beam Forming (DBF) backend provides a modular, programmable and scalable solution. Picture: CEA |
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The undocking
was accompanied by a ribbon cutting ceremony by Mrs Jill Green who is
the daughter of the late Lieutenant G.W.A. (Bill) Langford who was the
Executive Officer of HMAS Parramatta II, lost in 1941 when she was torpedoed
and sunk between Alexandria and Tobruk by German U Boat U559. Mrs Green has had a long association with Parramatta as the 'ship's Lady' having launched the vessel in June 2000. Parramatta has moved alongside the Henderson Common User Facility to continue the next stage of the upgrade program and will relocate to Fleet Base West for final Harbour Acceptance Trials on 29 June 2016. A change of command ceremony was also conducted on 21 April at Henderson Shipyard with Mrs Green, the Lord Mayor of Parramatta, Paul Garrard, and Commander Australian Fleet, Rear Admiral Mayer attending. Command of the ship was officially handed over to Commander Simon Howard and the ship's company of HMAS Stuart, swapped their ball caps and ship's patches over to represent HMAS Parramatta, marking the transition from one hull to the other. HMAS Stuart is the final ship in the upgrade program, due to be docked in May and set for completion in mid-2017. |
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