Lockheed Martin, MOORESTOWN, N.J. — The Spanish Navy commissioned its second F100-class frigate equipped with the Lockheed Martin- developed Aegis Weapon System on Dec. 3 during a ceremony at the IZAR shipyard in Ferrol, Spain.
The ship, Almirante Juan de Borbon (F102), named after the father of King Juan Carlos, is the second of four frigates completed under the Spanish F100 program. The Almirante Juan de Borbon joins the Spanish fleet only four months after the lead ship, Alvaro de Bazan, successfully completed Combat System Ship Qualification Trials (CSSQT) off the coast of Virginia with the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Mason – the first-ever joint international CSSQT. Almirante Juan de Borbon is scheduled for similar trials in fall 2004.
