Mercredi 18 mars, le chantier naval cherbourgeois CMN a mis à l'eau son premier intercepteur de 32 m pour le Mozambique.
Le HSI des CMN est un intercepteur de 32 mètres. Il s'agit du premier navire d'une série de trois commandés par le Mozambique. Ce navire à coque composite peut atteindre une vitesse de 43 noeuds, soit près de 80 km/h, ce qui est remarquable.
Le HSI a été mis à l'eau à Cherbourg mercredi 18 mars dans l'après-midi. Les deux autres navires seront achevés à un mois et demi d'intervalle. Dans trois mois, ils seront tous les trois livrés au Mozambique.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) will have a different radar than the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), bringing the new Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR) into the carrier fleet one ship earlier than planned and saving the program about $180 million, according to the Navy.
Program Executive Officer for Aircraft Carriers Rear Adm. Tom Moore said the new EASR was meant to enter the fleet in the amphibious assault ship LHA-8 and in USS Enterprise (CVN-80), but a series of events made the early introduction possible.
Ford has the Dual Band Radar (DBR) originally built for the truncated Zumwalt (DDG-1000) class of guided missile destroyer. When the Navy planned to build 27 destroyers, the cost of the DBR would have dropped sufficiently to make it a good fit for the carriers. But without that economy of scale, the carrier program had decided to seek a new radar for CVN-80 and beyond.
“I already have to procure a new radar for 80,” Moore told USNI News after a presentation at the Credit Suisse/McAleese 2016 Defense Programs Conference. “80 is delivering in 2027. CVN-79, which really is not going to become operational until Nimitz (CVN-68) leaves in 2025, is such a short gap, so I went back to the warfare systems guys and said, hey, the radar that we’re looking at for 80 … is there an opportunity to pull that back a little bit to the left and make it available for CVN-79? As it turned out, LHA-8 needed a radar anyway, and the Pentagon had an ongoing effort called basically the Common Affordable Radar – if you want it to be affordable it’s got to be common – so both N98 and N95 and N96, the three resource sponsors, got together with the [Navy acquisition chief Sean Stackley’s] office and said, hey, let’s put a series of requirements together for a radar that would meet the needs of both the aircraft carrier and the big deck amphib.
“We had this working group, they came back to us probably late last summer and said it’s possible,” he continued. “There are off-the-shelf systems, it’s not developmental, that will meet these requirements.”
Moore said the Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems would release a request for proposals (RfP) around May, with bids due back in late summer.
“We already know there are radars out there that meet the technical specs that we need, so introducing some competition here will drive cost down,” Moore said.
Whatever radar PEO IWS selects will be less capable than the DBR, which Moore said is fine – “a $500 million radar on an aircraft carrier is overkill at this point,” he said of DBR.
The radar selected for the carriers and amphibs will likely only have volume search capability and need a fire control complement to go with it. Moore said the Navy may use a SPQ-9 fire control system or something comparable.
He also noted that the Nimitz-class carriers’ AN/SPS-48 and AN-SPS-49 radars were becoming obsolete and could be replaced by the new EASR, meaning the new radar would fill three ship class’s requirements.
“From what PEO IWS tells me, it’s a very low technical-risk solution,” Moore said. “I suspect it will be a robust competition”
The ability to bring in this new radar one ship early – creating a one-time savings of about $180 million, Moore said – was primarily due to the Navy’s decision to switch Kennedy’s construction schedule to a two-phased delivery.
“That gave me a little extra time. If I had to deliver CVN-79 in 2022 when it was originally designed, it wouldn’t have had the radar on it,” Moore said. “The two-phased strategy gives me the lowest possible cost for the ship, and the radar is a big piece of that.”
Le Bâtiment de la Marine Nationale "Tonnerre" était en exercice ce matin entre Six-Fours et Bandol. Ballet d'hélicoptères et débarquement au sol ont attiré l'attention de nombreux promeneurs et habitants du Littoral.
Les habitants et promeneurs du littoral ouest varois ont été surpris par la présence du navire de guerre au mouillage entre Six-Fours et Bandol. Il s'agissait du navire le "Tonnerre", bâtiment de projection et de commandement de la Marine Nationale effectuant des exercices avec débarquement des troupes et engins au sol. Tôt ce matin et profitant de l'abri du vent d'est, le commandement a souhaité rester au calme pour effectuer cet exercice en débarquant les troupes militaires entre les plages de la Coudoulière et du Rayolet ( Banana beach). Au débarquement des véhicules amphibies se sont ajoutés le grondement des hélicoptères et leurs ballets aériens.
Un bâtiment High-tech Le Tonnerre a été mis en service le 01 juillet 2007. D'une longueur de 200 mètres et de 32 mètres de largeur, il accueille près de 200 membres d'équipage y compris le commandement. Conçu pour projeter des forces par voie aérienne et maritime et son soutien, il porte assistance aux populations civiles. Le Tonnerre achemine des véhicules amphibies. Il est doté de 2 plates-formes élévatrices et accueille 16 hélicoptères. Pouvant séjourner en mer près de 6 mois, il dispose d'un hôpital avec salle de radiologie et d'opération. Son système de navigation Hi-tech permet sa localisation précise auprès de toute la flotte de la marine française.
Italian shipbuilder Fincanteri is eyeing up the SEA 5000 Future Frigate programme in Australia that will replace the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s) eight ANZAC-class frigates.
The requirement is for a military off-the-shelf anti-submarine warfare (ASW) ship and Fincanteri will put forward a modified variant of its FREMM frigate that it has built for the Italian Navy.
A spokesperson from the company told Shephard that Fincantieri has ‘designed and built an ASW version of the FREMM, adapted to meet the RAN’s Top Level Requirements for CEA’s radars, two helos and 48 cells therefore it is thought to be a strong contender’.
Although not active in the RAN’s Collins-class replacement submarine programme, the company is expanding its presence in Asia with activities in India, Bangladesh and Vietnam.
In India Fincantieri said that it has taken part in the tender sent out from Mazagon Docks as a ‘know-how provider’ for the construction of the new P17 A frigates. ‘The bid results are expected in a few months,’ the spokesperson said.
In addition the company, in cooperation with Hindustan Shipyard and the Indian Navy, is preparing to bid for the construction of two mini-submarines (SOV) that will be submitted within the first half of 2015.
Fincantieri has also participated in the tenders for the construction of five new fleet tankers and for the construction of multi-purpose vessels for the Indian Navy.
‘In this case, too, the request for bid is expected to be issued before the end of 2015,’ the spokesperson said.
This activity in India has been built upon the company’s success providing two fleet tankers for the IN and the company is providing spares and systems maintenance for those two ships.
Fincantieri is also undertaking the propulsion system integration contract for the construction of the Indian Navy’s new aircraft carrier at the Cochin Shipyard. The company is supporting the installation of the propulsion system and arranges system tests.
Furthermore, the spokesperson said that contacts with Indian engineering companies are ongoing ‘to create a design centre able to carry out activities for the Indian Navy and for the Indian shipyards.’
In Vietnam, Fincantieri was part of the Italian government’s official mission in November 2014 led by the under-secretary of defence, Domenico Rossi.
‘In that occasion the Vietnamese Armed Forces and, in particular, the navy, expressed their willingness to cooperate with Italy for the supply of patrol vessels, more specifically OPVs and mini-submarines,’ the spokesperson said.
In terms of other markets, the spokesperson said that Fincantieri ‘is only monitoring the situation, because in the short-term there are no programmes which could interest the company’s activities’.
The spokesperson added: ‘Malaysia has recently cut its defence budget because of the flood, Thailand is not accessible due to the new regime which came to power, in the Philippines the corvette supply programme is the only open one, but Fincantieri decided not take part at the bid.’
The Naval Service will more than halve the age of its eight-vessel fleet when the third ship in a €162m order is delivered by 2016.
The news came as the Navy's second new vessel, LE James Joyce, is now concluding sea trials and will be delivered within weeks for commissioning in May.
A sister ship to the LE Samuel Beckett which was delivered last year, LE James Joyce was built at Babcock Marine's shipyard in north Devon.
A third vessel, the order for which was confirmed by Taoiseach Enda Kenny, is now under construction and is scheduled for a late 2016 delivery.
The delivery of the as-yet-unnamed third offshore patrol vessel will dramatically reduce the age profile of the navy's Haulbowline-based fleet.
Literary
The vessel, like its sister ships, is expected to be named after an Irish literary figure.
The third new vessel will see five of the navy's main patrol vessels having entered the fleet since 1999.
At a cost of €54m each, the new vessels are the most hi-tech ever operated by the Naval Service and are capable of handling advanced technology such as drones and robotic submarines.
The LE Samuel Beckett replaced the 35-year-old LE Emer which was sold at auction in October 2013 to an African consortium.
The LE James Joyce will replace the LE Aoife (1979) which was decommissioned last January and has now been donated to the Maltese navy.
Each of the new ships are developments of the original design chosen for the LE Roisin/LE Niamh in 1997.
Naval Service officials confirmed that the new ships will dramatically increase the technological capacity of the Navy both in terms of surveillance and incident response times.
The ability to operate drones, which are already used by the Defence Forces, will also dramatically increase the navy's patrol and surveillance capabilities.
Each ship can similarly operate remotely controlled mini- submarines.
The new vessels are 12m bigger at 90m in overall length than the old LE Roisin/Niamh design. With a top speed of 23 knots, the new ships will also be over 30pc faster than the ageing vessels they replace.
The Government has insisted the deal represented exceptional value for money with shipyards offering cut-price contracts as they battle for orders.
obsolete
Defence minister Simon Coveney warned that Ireland cannot afford to revert to the "bad old days" of the 1940s and '50s when the Naval Service was totally reliant on a fleet of ageing and obsolete former Royal Navy corvettes. It is expected that the third new ship will replace LE Aisling (1980), which will have seen 36 years of service.
When all three are commissioned, the oldest ship in service will then be the LE Eithne (1984).
LE Eithne will also be the only remaining vessel in the fleet which was built in Ireland.
The three craft are the first new ships commissioned for the Naval Service since the LE Roisin (1999) and LE Niamh (2001) which displace 1,500 tonnes.
На военно-морской базе Черноморского Флота в г. Новороссийск государственная приемная комиссия произвела приемку патрульных катеров проекта 03160, стр. №№ 70...
Patrick H. 's insight:
9 exemplaires de Raptor seront livrés à la Marine russe d'ici fin 2015.
Sweden's Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist has announced that the country's navy is upgrading its fleet of ships in order to improve its ability to locate rogue submarines in Swedish waters, following a huge search for a foreign vessel last autumn.
Peter Hultqvist announced on Thursday that the government planned to boost protection from potential intruders in Swedish waters, by increasing defence spending by six billion kronor ($696 million) between 2016 and 2020.
Prime Minister Stefan Löfven previously mooted strengthening the country's navy after revealing that Sweden had "conclusive proof" that a foreign vessel was present in Stockholm's archipelago in October, following a search that made international headlines.
Sweden’s armed forces later estimated that as many as four submarines were operating in the Stockholm Archipelago last autumn.
"Submarine hunting is a priority. We've had incidents showing that it is very important to have an increased capacity for anti-submarine warfare. We must do what we can to maintain and develop our skills. It is very important to protect Sweden's sovereignty," Hultqvist told Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter ahead of a media briefing.
He added that Sweden's navy would take part in more military exercises, naval ships would get larger crews and ships and boats would be taken out of action if they were not seen to be suitable for use in the current climate.
Two key military ships, Gävle and Sundsvall, are set to be significantly modernized with new sensors and other technical equipment designed to help Sweden better spot submarines in its waters.
Sweden will also return troops to Gotland in the Baltic Sea, following a decade-long absence from the waters.
Around 150 soldiers are set to be stationed on the island which is Sweden's largest and lies between the Nordic nation and Latvia.
"We are devoting a considerable sum of money to this mid-term modification," said Hultqvist.
But critics argue that the six billion kronor pledge is much less than the armed forces need to modernize their fleet and that the Swedish military is set to come under increasing financial pressure when government plans to raise payroll taxes for employers hiring young people come into action.
The Chairman of the Parliamentary Defence Committee, Allan Widman from the centre-right Liberal Party, told the TT news agency: "It's too little money too late in the [parliamentary] term".
According to Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, the armed forces asked for 16 billion kronor. However the publication says that the finance ministry initially offered two billion kronor, so the figure released on Thursday is an improvement on that.
Sweden has historically portrayed itself as neutral, but the country's defence capabilities have been called into question since last October's submarine hunt and as Russia's military presence in the region continues to grow.
Last month, Estonia-based international think tank International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS) warned that Sweden might not be able to defend itself against Russia, should its Baltic neighbour become more aggressive in future.
Sweden has already announced closer military cooperation with both Finland and Denmark, but has so far ruled out joining Nato.
A bill on the proposed fresh spending will be introduced to parliament at the end of April and is expected to be passed following an agreement between the centre-left coalition and the country's centre-right Alliance parties to cooperate on security and defence issues.
L’état-major de la marine a prononcé ce 13 mars une première capacité opérationnelle de tir de MU90, une torpille intégrée à l’armement des NH90 NFH. Le Caïman marine devient ainsi « un hélicoptère de combat ASM à part entière », selon la Marine nationale. Le premier vol d’expérimentation avait eu lieu en septembre 2013, ouvrant ainsi la voie à la phase d’évaluation technico-opérationnelle. Une première série de tirs avait été effectuée en février 2014. Le NH90 NFH a été commandé à 27 exemplaires par la Marine nationale, treize ont d’ores et déjà été livrés. L’hélicoptère de NHIndustries est notamment destiné aux missions de combat naval (lutte anti-sous-marine, lutte antisurface) ou de soutien (SAR, transport de troupes…). Il est embarqué sur des plateformes de type FREMM ou FDA (frégate de défense aérienne) et occasionnellement sur le porte-avions, les BPC ou les TCD (transport de chalands de débarquement). La torpille légère MU90 est développée par le GIEIE franco-italien Eurotorp, composé de DCNS, Thales et WASS (groupe Finmeccanica). En service depuis 2008, elle peut équiper aussi bien des frégates (F70, Horizon, FREMM) que des hélicoptères (NH90, Lynx) ou des avions de PATMAR (Atlantique 2).
A bridge design contract that will bring the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s effort to replace its aging Vanguard-class nuclear ballistic missile submarines, the MoD announced on Wednesday.
The $415 million award will fund the Successor-class design effort up until a 2016 decision point when the U.K. will decide to proceed with the four-boomer class to replace the Vanguards.
“The release of funding for the design work is within the existing Successor programme’s £3.3 billion [$4.9 billion] Assessment Phase,” read the MoD statement. “The funding forms part of the MoD’s commitment to spending £163 billion [$242.8 billion] on equipment and equipment support over the next 10 years to keep Britain safe.”
The bulk of the work will be located at BAE’s submarine manufacturing facility in Barrow-in-Furness in Western England.
“The Successor [program] is the largest and most complex project we have ever faced,” BAE Systems’ Submarines managing director Tony Johns said in a statement. “This funding will now allow us to mature the design over the next 12 months to enable us to start construction in 2016.”
However, the contract award to BAE Systems does not equate to a sure thing the Successors will proceed as planned.
The current government of Prime Minister David Cameron is supportive of a one-for-one replacement of the Vanguards with the new boomers but the odds are in favor of a new regime much less enthused by the need for the U.K. to maintain as large a nuclear deterrent being in power at the time of the final decision.
The Trident program — as the boomers are referred to in the U.K. — was a divisive issue in last year’s referendum for Scottish independence and expected gains of the Scottish National Party in U.K.’s parliament could renew calls for eliminating or scaling back the program.
The opposition Labour party leader Ed Miliband has suggested a “least cost” deterrent implying that a Trident alternative maybe on the table, wrote naval analyst Richard Scott in Jane’s Defence Weekly on Wednesday.
Additionally other political groups in the U.K. have raised the question if Britain needs a Continuous At-Sea Deterrence (CASD).
“The Liberal Democrat party, the junior coalition partner in the current government, has argued against a ‘like-for-like’ replacement of the current deterrent,” wrote Scott. “While a government Trident Alternatives Review published in 2013 concluded that there was no cheaper credible deterrent option, the Liberal Democrats have called for an end to CASD, and a reduction in the size of the SSBN fleet from four down to three or just two.”
Displacing 17,000 tons, the Successors are planned to field eight Trident II D5 nuclear ballistic missiles.
Though the U.K. deterrent policy is independent of the U.S., the two countries share technology and missile infrastructure.
Both the Successor and the planned U.S. Ohio-class Replacement program (ORP) share a common missile compartment (CMC) and the Trident II D5s.
The 6th Soryu-class SSK, SS-506 Kokuryu, (meaning Black Dragon) was commissioned into service with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) at the Kawasaki Heavy Industries shipyard in Kobe on March 9th. The Soryu Class diesel-electric submarines are being built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Ten Soryu Class submarines are planned for the JMSDF. The class is an improved version of the Oyashio Class submarine.
The keel for the first submarine in the class, Soryu (SS-501), was laid down in March 2005. It was launched in December 2007 and commissioned in March 2009. Unryu (SS-502) was laid down in March 2006, launched in October 2008 and commissioned in March 2010. Hakuryu (SS-503) was laid down in February 2007 and launched in October 2009 for commissioning in March 2011. The fourth and fifth submarines under construction are scheduled to be commissioned in 2012 and 2013 respectively.
SS-506 Kokuryu was laid down 21 January 201, launched 31 October 2013 and commissioned 9 March 2015
Main characteristics (as provided by Kawasaki Heavy Industries): Length 84.0m Width 9.1m Depth 10.3m Draft 8.4m Displacement 2,950 Tons Engine: - Kawasaki 12V 25 / 25SB type diesel engine 2 groups - Kawasaki Kokkamusu V4-275R Stirling engine four Propulsion motor: 1 groups Number of axes: 1 axis Speed 20 knots
Patrick H. 's insight:
Les sous-marins Soryu sont équipés d'une usine AIP de type moteur Stirling que Kawazaki produit sous licence suédoise Saab
Pour en savoir plus sur les différents procédés AIP utilisés dans la propulsion des sous-marins, dont le moteur Stirling, on pourra consulter cette page de synthèse très complète :
Les japonais seraient en passe d'abandonner l'AIP Stirling du moins pour leurs propres sous-marins (en ce qui concerne l'offre vers l'Australie, rien n'est clair...). Ainsi, le prochain Soryu devrait être un Batch-2 dont l'étude de conception avait démarré en 2007, mais qui a été un peu retardé. Defense News avait publié un article en octobre 2014 sur ce nouveau type. D'après ce qui était rapporté, ils semblent tout miser sur la technologie de batteries Li-ion sans l'associer à un système AIP de quelque sorte, ce qui serait une évolution technologique majeure. A suivre attentivement en tout cas. Pour mémoire, consulter l'article d'octobre :
China is building its second aircraft carrier to extend its military reach amid deepening maritime tensions with neighboring countries, Various media reported on Monday.
The ship is being built in a shipyard in the northeastern city of Dalian, where the country’s first carrier, the Liaoning was refitted before going into service in 2012. The ship is said to be having a more advanced launch system.
The new ship boasts an upgraded launch catapult, a device used on carriers to quickly accelerate aircraft to take-off velocity, instead of less advanced ski jump ramp utilized by China’s current aircraft carrier.
Ding Haichun the present deputy political commissioner of the PLA Navy said, “After the completion of the ship's construction, it will be turned over to the Navy for training maneuvers” he added.
Wang Min, Party chief of Northeast China’s Liaoning province said that the carrier would be completed in six years’ time, and that China ultimately intended to build four aircraft carriers.
China would need a minimum one to be at sea all times, one to be in maintenance at all times and one to be used for training purposes.
At the same time, Liu Xiaojiang the former political commissioner of the PLA Navy said, “I think if we need carriers, the more the better. The key is how much funding do we have.”
“Government’s industrial and manufacturing agencies are now in charge of the ship's construction,”he added.
Depuis la visite du Président Obama à Darwin en 2011, les relations militaires américano-australiennes ne cessent de s’étoffer. En témoignent les commandes militaires auprès de Washington, telles que 58 F-35 supplémentaires ou encore huit avions de surveillance maritime P-8A Poseidon, rendues possibles par l’accroissement du budget de la Défense australien, mais aussi l’augmentation de la cadence des exercices d’entraînement impliquant les deux pays.
L’Australie offre un terrain idéal pour les exercices complexes, notamment aériens, en raison d’une faible densité démographique et d’un niveau de régulation moindre qu’en Amérique du Nord. Darwin est ainsi le théâtre de “Pitch Black”, le plus grand exercice multilatéral organisé par l’armée de l’Air australienne, qui a lieu tous les deux ans et qui a réuni, en août dernier, plus de 2 300 personnels de sept armées de l’Air différentes, dont Singapour, la Thaïlande (qui inaugurait ses Gripen), la Nouvelle-Zélande, mais aussi la France (avec notamment un CN-235 venu de Nouvelle-Calédonie) et, pour la première fois, les EAU. Bilan : 110 aéronefs, 1 300 missions.
Darwin accueillera également, à terme, 2 500 US Marines – une présence rotationnelle de six mois passée de 200 à 1 100 Marines entre 2012 et 2014 – et est propice à la tenue d’exercices amphibies. La présence de l’US Navy pourrait prochainement être renforcée par le déploiement supplémentaire – provisoire ou permanent – de navires destinés à soutenir une MAGT (Marine Air Ground Task Force).
Savoir si ce déploiement s’inscrirait dans le même esprit que les accords de pré-positionnement de forces liant actuellement les Etats-Unis à des pays comme l’Italie, Bahreïn ou encore le Japon, et identifier le champ des possibles en matière de coopération navale bilatérale font actuellement l’objet d’une étude et de discussions entre les deux forces armées. C’est ce qu’a expliqué l’“US Chief of Naval Operations” (CNO), à savoir le commandant des opérations navales de la Marine américaine, l’amiral Jonathan Greenert, dans un discours prononcé récemment à Canberra. Il a visité les infrastructures portuaires à Darwin, afin d’évaluer les capacités d’accueil pour un navire amphibie de grande taille et des porte-hélicoptères susceptibles de constituer un “Amphibious Ready Group”.
Le port de Perth pourrait accueillir d’autres navires américains allant du porte-avions au sous-marin. Alors que 60 % des forces navales américaines devraient être déployées en Asie-Pacifique à l’horizon 2020, ce renforcement est d’autant plus naturel que les élongations pénalisant jusqu’à présent l’Australie sont en partie compensées par les nouvelles capacités aéroportées dont disposent les Américains, et plus particulièrement le Marine Corps.
En plus d’une aire d’entraînement incomparable (similaire à Djibouti pour les forces françaises), l’avantage d’une présence militaire américaine plus marquée en Australie est triple : elle renforce les capacités régionales de projection et de dissuasion dans la région, elle heurte moins directement les susceptibilités chinoises, en raison de son éloignement, et stimule le développement économique du pays. D’après certaines sources, en ce qui concerne Darwin, les forces armées américaines contribuent, avec un investissement actuel de 1,8 milliard de dollars australiens par an, à 10 % du produit intérieur brut des territoires du nord de l’Australie.
Problems with the complex technology being installed in the new destroyers of the Zumwalt class have forced the Navy and shipbuilder General Dynamics Bath Iron Works to delay delivery of the first two ships, the US Navy said Monday night.
The Zumwalt (DDG 1000) had been scheduled to be delivered to the Navy this summer, but that has dropped back to November. Delivery of the second ship, Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001), production of which is about a year behind the Zumwalt, has also been pushed back a few months in 2016, to November of that year.
Work on the third and last ship in the class, Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002), has not been affected, and that ship is still scheduled for delivery in December 2018.
"The schedule delay is due primarily to the challenges encountered with completing installation, integration and testing of the highly unique, leading edge technology designed into this first-of-class warship," Cmdr. Thurraya Kent, spokesperson for the Navy's acquisition directorate, said in a statement.
The three ships are all under construction at GD's shipyard in Bath, Maine. The Zumwalt was launched last October and is now 94 percent complete, Kent said, and the ship is expected to begin engineering sea trials later this year. The Monsoor is scheduled for launch later this year as well.
Bath also builds Aegis destroyers of the DDG 51 Arleigh Burke class. Completion delays with the Zumwalt and Michael Monsoor could affect Aegis destroyer production, Kent indicated.
"Navy and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works continue to work together in evaluating schedule impacts for all ships under construction in Bath, Maine, which also includes ships under construction for the Aegis Class Destroyer Program," Kent said in the statement. "Both the Navy and BIW are committed to collectively managing risks and controlling costs to deliver both DDG 1000 and DDG 51-class ships to the fleet in the most efficient manner possible."
The DDG 1000 design features an innovative, integrated power system able to switch electrical power between propulsion, sensor and weapon systems, along with a new combat system and numerous technical innovations. The Pentagon's Office of Test and Evaluation did not discuss the DDG 1000 in its latest report on selected acquisition programs, issued in January, and in its report a year earlier OT&E did not discuss any major technical problems with the ships' construction.
SwedEN has accused the Abbott government of spreading lies about its submarine building capability.
The head of Sweden’s defence purchasing agency, Lena Erixon, has written to her counterpart at the Defence Materiel Organisation in Canberra, Harry Dunstall, to protest about the denigration of Sweden’s submarine industry led by Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
Ms Erixon also revealed that at no stage had Australian officials requested detailed design details from Sweden or included any technical experts in various government delegations to visit the country.
Mr Abbott told Parliament that only France, Germany and Japan could build the submarines.
“The last Australian submarine came off the production line in about 2001 … the last Swedish submarine came off the production line in 1996, so it’s almost two decades since Sweden built a submarine,” Mr Abbott said.
Ms Erixon strongly objected to that assertion saying that Sweden had maintained a “full capacity to design and build submarines both for Sweden and fore export over the last 20 years.”
“To state that we would offer obsltete technology from the 1960s and 1980s is simply not true,” she said.
Sweden was excluded from the process to provide Australia’s future submarine despite the fact that the navy’s existing submarine fleet is based on a Swedish design from Saab-Kockums.
The $20 billion plus contest will be conducted between Japan, Germany and France.
The strongly worded letter dated March 2 accesses Australia of ignoring the possibility of a low risk and low cost partnership between the two nations to build the future submarine.
Ms Erixon said Sweden had delivered 11 submarines since 1996 including six completely rebuilt boats equipped with Air Independent Propulsion for the Singapore Navy.
She said Sweden respected Australia’s decision but added that a new design based on Collins would “be the path of lowest cost and least risk”.
Sweden is to buy two new submarines from constructors Saab Kockums, it was announced today.
The A26 subs are to be delivered by 2022 and will cost up to SEK 8.2 billion, news agency TT reports.
"This is the biggest single decision when it comes to economic investments that we will make during this parliament", Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist told TT.
The decision, to be formally made by the cabinet on Thursday, is to "ensure Swedish submarine capability past 2030", the minister adds.
"These are the next generation of submarine. These submarines will be very hi-tech", he says.
Patrick H. 's insight:
L'industriel Saab Kockums accueille bien évidemment très favorablement cette déclaration gouvernementale :
Ce projet A26 avait été lancé initialement en début 2008. La commande devait être inscrite au budget 2011 pour une ASA visée à l'époque en 2018 ou 2019. Elle aura finalement été sensiblement retardée.
Dr Gurnad Sodhi, MD ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems India talks to Girja Shankar Kaura
The ‘Project 75’ for the construction of six submarines for the Indian Navy has been in the pipeline for long time now. Dr Gurnad Sodhi, Managing Director, ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) India, which is one of the companies in fray for the order, talks about what the company has to offer to India.
Q. What has prompted TKMS to participate in one of the lndia’s largest Defence tender for the construction of six submarines under Project 75 India (P-75 (I) for the Indian Navy?
A. The Ministry of Defence is expected to issue the P-75 (I) RFP for which we are planning to offer the Type 214 submarine, which combines best-in-class underwater endurance and diving depth. Besides its highly regarded anti-surface and anti-submarine operations, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, the HDW Class 214's proven fuel cell-based Air Independent Propulsion system is the best available in the market and offers exceptional operational advantages to the Indian Navy. Since the Indian Navy has been our customer for over 30 years, we have established a strong working relationship with them and are in a position to fully satisfy their requirements.
Q. Has TKMS short-listed any Indian shipyard for collaboration or alliance?
A. A high-level committee has been formed by the MoD and is currently evaluating the Indian shipyards. It is expected that this Committee will submit its report shortly. TKMS respects the decision by the MoD in short-listing the most capable shipyard(s) without any bias. Thereafter, we will commence our negotiations with the shortlisted shipyard(s).
Q. Will TKMS adhere to India’s new policy of ‘Make in India’?
A. We are committed to the ‘Make and Made in India’ policy. This would encompass inter alia robust Transfer of Technology (ToT), training, meeting the offset obligations etc. TKMS is willing to bring its expertise in cutting-edge areas to India and co-develop solutions with local partners to meet the country's needs. Besides the most capable submarine, best value for money and a strong industrial partnership, TKMS is offering extensive ToT to India.
Q. Could TKMS throw some light on the present status of its four submarines which were commissioned in the late eighties and early nineties?
A. TKMS has been a trusted partner of the Indian Navy for over 25 years. The Indian Navy has operated successfully the HDW Type 209 since their induction in 1986. The very fact that INS Shalki and Shankul were made in India by an Indian Shipyard under a technology-transfer agreement is proof that TKMS has been supporting India’s indigenous defence industry for over a quarter of a century. We can proudly claim that all our four submarines are performing well without any inherent problems.
Q. Are there any plans to upgrade the existing HDW/Shishumar class submarines with the Indian Navy?
A. Yes, we are currently exploring opportunities to upgrade the Shishumar class Type 209 submarines with the Indian Navy, for lifetime extensions. TKMS has successfully demonstrated in several countries, how substantial ToT can be implemented in the upgrade of the HDW Type 209s.
Q. Is the Indian Navy also contemplating upgrading the weapon suite on the existing German submarines?
A. Yes, TKMS is in discussions with the Indian Navy about this. We have the capacity to integrate any weapon system that is selected by the Indian Navy into the existing Shishumar class submarines. In fact, such customised integrations have been successfully carried out by TKMS in similar type of submarines for many other Navies of the world.
Q. What other strategic benefits does TKMS offer to India?
A. We can offer to the Indian Navy the world’s best, cutting-edge technologies in the form of modular construction, stealth technologies and integration of diverse weapon systems, including Brahmos missiles, besides providing high-quality training to both shipbuilders and crew in all disciplines.
SHAH ALAM: The Government remain keen over plans to procure at least two China made warships for the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) although the service did not request for it,industry sources said.
The sources told Malaysian Defence that the plan to buy the two warships in the works for the last two years, was proposed by a group of businessmen from both countries supposedly to promote ties between Malaysia and China.
Senior defence ministry officials when contacted by Malaysian Defence confirmed the plan but declined further comment.
Sources told Malaysian Defence the deal for the two warships was supposed to be signed during the Prime Minister’s visit to China last year = the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries – but was cancelled at the last moment due to various issues, one of them was funding concerns.
Despite the last minute cancellation, sources indicated that the government remained keen on the plan and it might revived when funding is made available.
The sources disagreed the exact type of warship that was supposed to be procured. However it is likely that the warships will be a variant of the C28A corvettes bound for the Algerian Navy. A model of the C28A corvette was displayed at the China Shipbuilding Trading Co (CSTC) booth at the DSA 14 show in Kuala Lumpur, in April.
According to CSTC, the C28A is about 120 m in length, with a beam of 14.4 m, a draft of 3.87m, a standard displacement of about 2,880 tons, and a full-load displacement of more than 3,000 tons.
It must be noted that Algeria designated its ships as corvettes although the vessels have a similar displacement to the Pakistan F-22P ships which are designated as frigates, the Zulfiquar-class. RMN’s own French designed which has similar displacement to both, the C28A and F-22P ships, are designated as frigates.
Interestingly, CTSC and the PNS Zulfiquar are taking part in next week’s LIMA 15 though no China vessels are taking part in the show.
The three ships for Algeria are being built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Company in Shanghai. The contracts for the ships was signed in 2012 and the first ship was launched on Aug 15, 2014 and delivery is expected this year.
Janes had reported that the C28A was an evolution of Pakistan’s F-22P frigates on the basis that Algerian naval teams visited Pakistan to see that frigate’s operations first-hand. The report also said the C28A also appears to borrow design elements from the Type 054A frigate of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy.
Sources told Malaysian Defence that it was likely only the hull and related machineries will be sourced from China while the ship’s main combat systems will be procured from Western companies.
And despite the disagreements about the hull design, all of the sources noted that whatever design was chosen, the ships will be fitted with MTU or MTU-derived diesel engines.
According to the sources, it is likely that the ships will have the same systems and weapons like those on the LCS – being built by Boustead Naval Shipyard. Final fittings of the China frigates are expected to be done at the BNS facility in Lumut – the same place where the LCS is to be built and outfitted as it is unlikely the Western made electronics and sensors could be exported to China.
The same arrangement is being made for the Algerian corvettes with the Western made equipment to be install on the ships once they are delivered to the North African nation.
If the procurement is approved, it is expected that the ships will be funded during the 11th Malaysian Plan and delivered within four years of the contract signing.
Patrick H. 's insight:
La 1ère corvette C28A construite par le chinois CSSC pour l'Algérie a été mise à l'eau en août dernier et sa livraison est prévue en mai 2015 :
Iran unveiled on Saturday a new mass produced long-range anti-warship cruise missile, named Ghadir.
Iran’s defense minister on Saturday inaugurated the mass production line of the country’s homegrown long-range naval missile “Qadir”, while a first cargo of the anti-ship cruise missiles was delivered to the IRGC Navy.
In a ceremony to inaugurate the missile production line, Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan referred to ‘Qadir’ as a “strategic and effective missile in the naval battles.”
Dehqan said it is prepared rapidly for launch, flies in low altitudes with high navigation capabilities, hits the targets precisely with great destructive power, suits for electronic warfare thanks to advanced radars, and can be launched from various types of vessels and even a helicopter, helping extend its operational range.
The minister also noted that videos of the Qadir show it identifying and annihilating a naval target at a distance of 300 kilometers away from the coast, TNA reported.
Also today Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi announced that IRGC vessels and helicopters have been equipped with the home-made long-range ‘Qadir’ cruise missiles, FNA reports.
“In addition to their deployment in our coasts, Qadir cruise missiles have also been mounted on IRGC vessels and helicopters,” Fadavi said on the sidelines of a ceremony during which the IRGC received control of Qadir missiles production line from the defense ministry.
He further reminded that the range of Qadir missiles is not limited to 300km, “rather its true range is 300km plus the distance that the helicopter or vessel carrying them has paved. If we fire it from our coasts, its range will be 300km, but when the missile is mounted on our vessels and helicopters, the range of the missile will be added to the range of these missiles.”
The IRGC received control and launched the production line of ‘Qadir’ cruise missiles in a ceremony participated by Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan and other high-ranking Iranian commanders.
NEW DELHI — The takeover of Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering by Reliance Infrastructure represented the first such acquisition in India's defense arena, but analysts wonder if the new ownership will fare any better dealing with the Defence Ministry's bureaucracy.
Anil Ambani, owner of Reliance, announced on March 4 the company had purchased an 18 percent equity stake in Pipavav for US $136.5 million and also assumed management control.
The takeover of Pipavav Defence, which has the only Indian dry dock capable of building aircraft carriers, represents both despair and hope in the defense sector, said Nitin Mehta, a New Delhi-based defense analyst.
"With management control of Pipavav Defence, Reliance Infrastructure gets a quick entry into the defense market, where getting licenses and setting up infrastructure is difficult," Mehta said. "However, Pipavav, after getting the first license to make warships, is submerged in debt and the management is fatigued with the slow pace of growth of private companies in the defense sector.
"The acquisition of Pipavav makes an entry into the defense space by a leading industrial group, but the pain of getting business from the Indian Ministry of Defence because of the lengthy bureaucratic procurement process can fatigue anybody. Only time will tell if the new owners are able to tap the big ticket defense sector," he added.
Shares of Pipavav fell 10 percent March 5 after the announcement, and an executive of stockbroker Indiabulls Securities said the market was expecting a better price for the shares. Even shares of Reliance Infrastructure fell as the debt load of Pipavav will weigh on the company.
Pipavav Defence, owned by Nikhil Gandhi, has sought strategic partners for more than two years, according to media reports, because the company was saddled with a debt of about $1 billion. A Pipavav source said the company has been trying to exit the defense business.
The acquisition comes at a time when the Ministry of Defence is preparing a tender only for domestic shipyards to acquire six conventional submarines for $12 billion. In October, the Narendra Modi government reversed a 2010 decision that had proposed a global tender and instead decided to give the tender only to domestic shipyards, which then could form ties with overseas defense companies.
A Pipavav executive said, "We have technical tie-ups with overseas companies including Saab of Sweden, DCNS of France and Rosoboronexport of Russia for building submarines, aircraft carriers, destroyers, frigates, LPDs and offshore patrol vessels, besides manufacturing radars and electronic warfare systems for the naval ships."
The company is also planning to refurbish 155mm artillery guns and other armored vehicles, missile systems, and other platforms, he said.
"For the Air Force segment, we plan to make aerostructures, air frames and avionics besides air defense systems for the Navy, Army and Air Force," the executive added.
In 2012, Pipavav and DCNS announced a technical partnership to build warships. However, their relationship has not produced any business orders and it is not known whether the new owners of Pipavav would strike a fresh tie up agreement with DCNS.
Overseas shipyards DCNS, Rosoboronexport, HDW of Germany and Navantia of Spain are expected to forge ties with domestic shipyards to bid for the submarine tender, likely to be released in three months.
One section of the Indian Navy favors the Russian-made air independent propulsion submarines, finding them more safe and robust, an Indian Navy official said. Another group, mostly younger, prefers the French submarines based on superior electronics and sensors.
WARSAW — Poland's Ministry of Defense is planning to launch a much-awaited tender to acquire new submarines in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to Deputy Defense Minister Maciej Jankowski. Under the plan, three new submarines are to be delivered by 2023.
Moreover, the ministry is aiming to acquire Tomahawk cruise missiles from the US to arm the submarines, reported local daily Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.
"Indeed, we have asked the French and the Americans on the possibility of acquiring cruise missiles for our future submarines," Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak tweeted following the report.
The long-range Tomahawk is manufactured by Raytheon. No details were available about talks with the French.
Jankowski confirmed Poland's plans to launch the submarine tender this year in an official response to a request for information by Artur Gorski, a member of parliament from the opposition Law and Justice Party. The deputy minister said the government did not want to disclose the estimated value of the planned contract, as it could influence its negotiating position.
"The ORKA program … is a multiyear program, and its financing will be spread over time until 2024. Indicating an estimated worth of the program would considerably lower the negotiating position of [the ministry] in the planned acquisition procedure," Jankowski said.
Deliveries of two submarines are scheduled to be completed by 2022, and a third one will be acquired by 2023, according to the ministry's Military Modernization Plan for the years 2013-2022.
As part of the designed contract, a service and maintenance center for the submarines is to be set up in Poland.
L’E-2D Advanced Hawkeye est sur le point de débuter son premier déploiement opérationnel. Cinq E-2D de l’escadrille VAW 125 de l’US Navy ont embarqué à bord du porte-avions USS Theodore Roosevelt et entamer ainsi un premier cycle de missions opérationnelles.
Par rapport à son prédécesseur - encore en service - l’E-2C Hawkeye, l’avion de guet aérien embarqué de Northrop Grumman comporte des améliorations au niveau de la puissance du radar et des ordinateurs de mission, ainsi que des systèmes de communication plus perfectionnés.
L’E-2D avait effectué ses premières manœuvres sur le Theodore Roosevelt en décembre 2013 et obtenu son IOC en octobre 2014. Le vol inaugural avait eu lieu en 2007. L’US Navy devrait en acquérir 75 exemplaires, qui sont amenés à remplacer les E-2C d’ici 2023.
SINGAPORE - The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) has launched a new Submarine Training Centre (STC) at Changi Naval Base on Wednesday afternoon, said MINDEF in a statement.
The launch was officiated by Chief of Navy Rear-Admiral Lai Chung Han, and attended by senior officials and pioneer submariners from RSN.
MINDEF said that the new STC is a one-stop training facility featuring simulators that enhance realism, effectiveness and efficiency during submarine training.
The training centre will also meet all operational training and qualification requirements for the submariners, MINDEF added.
On the same day of the launch, two RSN Challenger-class submarines, RSS Challenger and RSS Centurion, were retired after 18 years of service.
The new STC has been named RSS Challenger in recognition of the submarine's role as Singapore Navy's first submarine and training platform.
Finmeccanica – AgustaWestland and Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) are pleased to announce the delivery of the first Airborne Mine Counter Measures (AMCM) equipped MCH-101 helicopter to the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force. The KHI MCH-101, a licence built version of the AgustaWestland AW101 helicopter, is equipped with the Northrop Grumman AN/AQS-24A airborne mine hunting system and the Northrop Grumman AN/AES-1 Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS). Together these systems provide a complete surface-to-bottom mine detection capability. The AW101/MCH-101 is one of only two helicopter types capable of towing the AN/AQS-24A and the only modern helicopter type.
The development of the AMCM variant of the AW101/MCH-101 has been led by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, as prime contractor, with AgustaWestland providing technical support. KHI has responsibility for system integration and design of the AN/AQS-24A carriage, deploy, tow and recovery system that is installed in the cabin. AgustaWestland in addition to providing technical support also modified the aircraft’s Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS) to be able to perform coupled towing patterns with the AN/AQS-24A. Following the handover ceremony at Kawasaki’s Gifu factory on 27th February, the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force aircraft was delivered to Iwakuni where it will perform evaluation trials with the 51st Experimental Squadron before entering operational service in 2016. The AN/AQS-24A is the only operationally proven, high speed airborne mine hunting system in the world. It features a high-resolution, side scan sonar for real time, detection, localization and classification of bottom and moored mines at high area coverage rates and a laser line scanner to provide precision optical identification of underwater mines and other objects of interest. The AN/AES-1 Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS) uses pulsed laser light and streak tube receivers housed in an external equipment pod to image the entire near-surface volume potentially containing mines. The ALMDS pod is mounted on the port weapon carrier and data is displayed on the cabin mission console. The first AMCM configured is the eighth of 13 AW101s that Kawasaki Heavy Industries is building under licence from AgustaWestland for the Japan Maritime Defense Force. The eight aircraft delivered to date comprise six MCH-101s and two CH-101s. The CH-101s are used to support Japan’s Antarctic research activities.
Patrick H. 's insight:
On retrouve sur cet appareil les systèmes de chasse aux mines utilisés sur l'hélicoptère MH-60S américain qui est un des éléments du Mission Package MCM des frégates LCS de l'US Navy
The Algerian National Navy has been on a buying frenzy in recent years, amassing a significant maritime force. In September 2014, representing the culmination of a longer term procurement project, Italy’s Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN) delivered Algeria’s new flagship, an 8,800-tonne amphibious assault ship called the Kalaat Beni-Abbes. But newer projects than OSN’s are currently underway. A shipyard in Saint Petersburg, Russia is building two new Kilo-class diesel-electric submarines for Algeria, while two MEKO A200-class frigates, three F-22P Zulfiquar-class frigates, and two Tigr-class corvettes are being produced for service in the Algerian National Navy at shipyards ranging from Kiel to Karachi.
This vastly outpaces the procurement projects of Algeria’s neighbours. In 1993, Algeria and Tunisia successfully resolved their maritime boundary dispute and have since launched several joint energy exploration projects. Tunisia’s 2010-2011 revolution and concernsin Algeria that the uprising might bring an Islamist regime to power created some uncertainty, but the bilateral relationship remains on the whole quite positive. Although the nearby Strait of Gibraltar has seen some heightened tension between British and Spanish maritime forces, Algeria is not a party to any of these confrontations. In this context, the aggressive expansion of the Algerian National Navy must be rather confusing.
However, it is possible that Algeria is preparing for a significant counter-piracy role. NATO’s Operation Unified Protector devastated the Libyan Navy. Currently, that country’s maritime forces consist of one Koni-class frigate, one Natya-class minesweeper, and two Polnocny-C landing ships. NATO air strikes in May 2011 totally destroyed Libya’s naval bases at Sirte, Khoms, and Tripoli. While the maritime forces loyal to the Libyan government are small in number and poorly equipped, rebels continue to hold a few ports in Libya’s east, though most were freed in a series of offensives during the summer and autumn of 2014. Earlier, in March 2014, one rebel militia succeeded in loading an oil tanker in defiance of the Libyan authorities, prompting the ouster of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan.
If the Libyan authorities are struggling to secure their own ports, it is conceivable that rebel groups in the country’s eastern regions could engage in piracy in future years. Such a situation would jeopardize Algeria’s economic growth as it seeks to become a major energy exporter to Europe and Asia. In March 2014, Algerian officials announced plans to increase oil and natural gas production by 13% to 220 million metric tonnes of oil equivalent in two years. The resulting increase in tanker traffic on North Africa’s coast would present plenty of prime targets for Libyan pirates.
Yet it remains unclear whether it is indeed a counter-piracy role that is envisioned for the Algerian National Navy. Algeria is not officially cooperating with Operation Active Endeavour, which is NATO’s counter-terrorism and counter-proliferation force in the Mediterranean Sea, though five ships assigned to the NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group did make a port visit to Algiers in September 2014 prior to joining Active Endeavour. In order to avoid conflict from emerging between Algeria and Libya over the security of international shipping routes, it may be necessary for NATO officials to aggressively pursue a closer relationship with both countries.
Through the Mediterranean Dialogue, NATO established an Individual Cooperation Program (ICP) with Israel in 2006, which allows for Israeli participation in Operation Active Endeavour and other mutually beneficial initiatives. Other ICPs were completed with Egypt in 2007 and Jordan in 2009. Securing ICPs with Algeria and Libya, however, will be an uphill battle; Algeria has participated in NATO’s Mediterranean Dialogue since 2000 but Libya has yet to even respond to a 2012 invitationto join. Nonetheless, it is still an effort worth attempting as it may help to avoid much hardship and conflict in the future. For now, Algeria seems to be bracing for impact.
About the Author
Paul Pryce is a Research Analyst at the Atlantic Council of Canada. With degrees in political science from universities in both Canada and Estonia, he has previously worked as a Research Fellow at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and an Associate Fellow at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs. His research interests are diverse and include maritime security, NATO affairs, and African regional integration.
The U.S. Navy operates three kinds of submarines—nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs), nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines (SSGNs), and nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs). The SSNs and SSGNs are multi-mission ships that perform a variety ofpeacetime and wartime missions. They do not carry nuclear weapons.
The Ohio replacement program (ORP) is a program to design and build a new class of 12 ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) to replace the Navy’s current force of 14 Ohio-class SSBNs. The Ohio replacement program is also known as the SSBN(X) program. The Navy wants to procure the first Ohio replacement boat in FY2021, with advance procurement (AP) funding starting in FY2017. The Navy has identified the Ohio replacement program as its top priority program.
The Navy currently operates 14 Ohio (SSBN-726) class SSBNs. The boats are commonly called Trident SSBNs or simply Tridents because they carry Trident SLBMs.
Ohio-class SSBNs are designed to each carry 24 SLBMs, although by 2018, four SLBM launch tubes on each boat are to be deactivated, and the number of SLBMs that can be carried by each boat consequently is to be reduced to 20, so that the number of operational launchers and warheads in the U.S. force will comply with strategic nuclear arms control limits.
The first eight boats in the class were originally armed with Trident I C-4 SLBMs; the final 10 were armed with larger and more-capable Trident II D-5 SLBMs.
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