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  • noun Plural form of AWD.

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Examples

  • The ASC has rejected BAE's claim that there were serious faults in the design data that was provided to ASC by the Spanish shipbuilder Navantia, which is designing the three AWDs being constructed in Melbourne, Adelaide and Newcastle.

    The Australian | News | 2011

  • The ASC has rejected BAE's claim that there were serious faults in the design data that was provided to ASC by the Spanish shipbuilder Navantia, which is designing the three AWDs being constructed in Melbourne, Adelaide and Newcastle.

    The Australian | News | 2011

  • That was about seven months after serious construction problems began to emerge in a Melbourne shipyard and despite the fact that, in February, the project's sub-contractor BAE Systems told the publicly owned Australian Submarine Corporation that flawed design data being used to build the AWDs would ensure further delays and cost overruns.

    The Australian | News | 2011

  • In Australia, BAE was among a group of ship builders constructing the new air warfare destroyer ships AWDs that the government issued a warning to this week about keeping the $A8 billion project on track.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • I certainly hope that Mr Rudd isn't trying to take the credit for the Hobart Class AWDs and the building of them in Adelaide.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • This system will allow the AWD to gain increased awareness of land, air and seaborne threats, giving the AWDs a capability edge.

    Australian Government Media Releases [All Portfolios] 2010

  • This system will allow the AWD to gain increased awareness of land, air and seaborne threats, giving the AWDs a capability edge.

    Australian Government Media Releases [All Portfolios] 2010

  • The setback has alarmed the Defence Materiel Organisation, which sees the AWDs as its flagship project and a key test of whether Australia can sustain a viable naval shipbuilding industry.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Joel Fitzgibbon MP, today welcomed an announcement by the AWD Alliance of the signing of a further two contracts for provision of elements of the combat system for Australia's three Hobart Class Air Warfare Destroyers (AWDs) during his visit to Techport South Australia.

    Australian Government Media Releases [All Portfolios] 2009

  • Joel Fitzgibbon MP, today welcomed an announcement by the AWD Alliance of the signing of a further two contracts for provision of elements of the combat system for Australia's three Hobart Class Air Warfare Destroyers (AWDs) during his visit to Techport South Australia.

    Australian Government Media Releases [All Portfolios] 2009

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