UPI:
Sept. 10 (UPI) — BAE Systems Australia is upgrading a third ANZAC-class ship at its Henderson port facility as part of fleet modernization efforts ahead of Hunter Class frigates entering service.
The Mid Life Capability Assurance Program upgrade is being performed at Henderson by the Warship Asset Management Agreement Alliance program of the Australian department of defense.
The HMAS ANZAC will join the Perth and Arunta in upgrades of its environmental systems, engines, air-search radar and communications.
“The upgrade of the ANZAC fleet, through our role in the WAMA alliance, demonstrates the breadth and depth of work that BAE Systems Australia has done to date in the sustainment of the ANZAC class fleet over more than two decades,” Gabby Costigan, chief executive of BAE Systems Australia, said in a press release.
