1.4  Prime Acquisition Contract(s) Details

Prime Contractor(s)

Scope Outline

Type (Price Basis)

Form of Contract

Signature

AWD Alliance (ASC AWD Shipbuilder Pty Ltd and Raytheon Australia Pty Ltd)

3 AWDs and support systems

Variable with Pain/Gain Share

Alliance

Oct 07

Navantia

Platform Design

Fixed with indices escalation

Alliance based

Oct 07

US Government

3 Aegis Combat Systems

FMS

FMS

Oct 05 (1)

 

Note (1):

The original FMS contract was signed as part of SEA 4000 Phase 1 for initial engineering services. Subsequent scope changes, including the acquisition of the Aegis Combat System, were transferred to SEA 4000 Phase 3 in July 2007.