Lockheed Martin Australia has secured a nine-month extension to its Aegis Sustainment Program supporting the Royal Australian Navy’s Hobart-class Guided Missile Destroyers.
The extension marks the fourth continuation of the sustainment contract and ensures ongoing engineering and technical support for the destroyers’ Aegis combat systems.
Under the agreement, Lockheed Martin Australia’s Sydney-based Aegis team will continue delivering combat systems engineering services, including system upgrades, configuration alignment, design coordination and material condition assessments. Sustainment activities also cover baseline management and the maintenance of engineering documentation to support operational capability.
The extension expands the program’s footprint in South Australia, with additional technical services and logistics support roles to be established in Adelaide. These roles will support the return of deactivated equipment to inventory as part of the Hobart-class DDG Modernisation program. New supply support positions will be created at the Osborne Naval Shipyard.
The Hobart-class destroyers form the Royal Australian Navy’s principal air warfare capability, integrating the Aegis combat system with the SPY-1D(V) radar and Standard Missile family. Ongoing sustainment is required to maintain system configuration, readiness and compatibility with evolving threat environments.
Lockheed Martin Australia said the extension will maintain workforce continuity and preserve specialist skills within the domestic defence industry base.
The announcement follows recent overseas sustainment activity, including maintenance support for HMAS Brisbane during its deployment in Japan.
The program extension supports continued operational readiness of the Hobart-class fleet as the Navy progresses its broader surface combatant modernisation plans.
