Internationale ontwikkelingen maritiem

[Harald]

Acting US navy secretary wants "clean sheet" carrier study

US Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly is looking for his Future Carrier Task Force Study to provide a "clean sheet" of alternative aircraft carrier choices after Ford-class ships to include smaller and even conventionally powered vessels.

Acknowledging the current Ford-class carriers provide greater capabilities than the predecessor Nimitz-class vessels – and will be plying the seas for another half century or more – Modly wants the six-month study launched this week to determine to best carrier design and force makeup for the succeeding decades, he said on 10 March during a media briefing.

"Do we continue to build those (next-generation large-deck carriers), or something different?" Modly said.

https://www.janes.com/article/94815/acting-us-navy-secretary-wants-clean-sheet-carrier-study

Zou de Future Carrier er zo uit gaan zien ?  ( ..  )

[Harald]

Milliardenschwerer Auftrag für Kieler Werft 
( TKMS wint de Tender voor 4 schepen voor Brazilie ... een pleister op de opgelopen bloedneus ..  )



Die vier Korvetten der Tamandaré-Klasse sollen zwischen 2025 und 2028 an die brasilianische Marine ausgeliefert werden

Lange wurde verhandelt, nun steht es fest: die Kieler Werft Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) wird vier neue Schiffe für die brasilianische Marine bauen. Das gab TKMS am Donnerstagabend bekannt. Der milliardenschwere Auftrag zum Bau der Korvetten der Tamandaré-Klasse wurde in Rio de Janeiro unterzeichnet. Doch statt in der schleswig-holsteinischen Landeshauptstadt werden die Schiffe im brasilianischen Itajaí, im Bundesstaat Santa Catarina, gebaut. Die Kieler Werft liefert dafür das technische Know-How. Die Kosten sollen sich auf insgesamt 1,8 Milliarden Euro belaufen.

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https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/TKMS-bekommt-Zuschlag-fuer-vier-neue-Korvetten,tkms140.html

[Parera]

Doen die Spanjaarden goed, die weten schijnbaar beter een joint ontwerp aan de man te brengen dan wij Nederlanders. Ze kunnen er nog net niet van de plank op plakken maar scheelt niet veel.

Dit is niets meer dan een schip dat vanuit Navantia Australië ontwikkeld is op papier, volgens de werf moet het voldoen aan de wensen van de RAN. Er is nog geen contract getekend of überhaupt een aanbesteding uitgeschreven.

En ook Damen kan een vergelijkbaar schip vrij simpel ontwerpen;

Basis Enforcer LPD 15000

* Afbeelding is de Enforcer 13000 LPD

- 174 * 27.2 m

Verleng de opbouw waardoor de 3e helispot verloren gaat, bouw de hangaar zo dat er ruimte is voor 2 NH90's. Plaats 2 RAS masten midscheeps en i.p.v. een deel van de Ro-Ro ruimte bouwen ze er tanks in voor brandstof.

Ontwerpje binnen 5 minuten in elkaar geknutseld 



Ook moet ik zeggen dat de capaciteiten van het Navantia voorstel zeer teleurstellend vind:
F76 Diesel = 3600 ton (JSS KD & CSS = 6500 ton / 7700 m3)
F44 Kerosine = 600 ton (800 ton / 1000 m3)
FW = 400 ton (400 ton / 400 m3)

Ook het bereik van het schip is zeer beperkt met slechts 6000 zeemijl (JSS KD zit op 10000 zeemijl )

[Flyguy]

Die Spanjaarden doen het lekker

[Umbert]

Navantia Australia Unveils Joint Support Ship Design ( Na de LHD's nu een JSS ontwerp voor Australie ? )

https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/pacific-2019/2019/10/pacific-2019-navantia-australia-unveils-joint-support-ship-design/

https://defencetechnologyreview.partica.online/defence-technology-review/dtr-mar-2020/flipbook/10/

Doen die Spanjaarden goed, die weten schijnbaar beter een joint ontwerp aan de man te brengen dan wij Nederlanders. Ze kunnen er nog net niet van de plank op plakken maar scheelt niet veel.

[Harald]

Navantia Australia Unveils Joint Support Ship Design ( Na de LHD's nu een JSS ontwerp voor Australie ? )

https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/pacific-2019/2019/10/pacific-2019-navantia-australia-unveils-joint-support-ship-design/

https://defencetechnologyreview.partica.online/defence-technology-review/dtr-mar-2020/flipbook/10/

[ARM-WAP]

German yard is favourite to build Bulgarian patrol ships    ( een lichtpuntje voor de Duitse Marinebouw...  )

Idd een goede zaak voor de Duitsers.
'k Meen me te herinneren dat de Fransen het ook geprobeerd hebben met hun GoWinds.

Echter, landen als Bulgarije en Roemenie hebben echt nood aan vernieuwing van hun vloot. En uit eigen budget zal het niet komen, vrees ik...
Iets voor NATO?
Of zelfs de EU?

[Harald]

German yard is favourite to build Bulgarian patrol ships    ( een lichtpuntje voor de Duitse Marinebouw...  )

Germany-based Lürssen is set to be awarded a contract to supply two multifunctional modular patrol vessels to the Bulgarian Navy, following the recommendation of a government working group.

A statement on 27 February from the Bulgarian government noted that the bid from Lürssen falls within the financial limits of the project (BGN984 million, or $551 million).

Each vessel will be armed with a 76mm main gun, CIWS, anti-ship missiles, SAMs, and lightweight torpedoes. The ships will also include a 3D radar, Link 11 equipment, hull-mounted sonar, a baseline EW system and the capability to accommodate one AS565MB Panther helicopter.

The tender stipulates that at least one of the two ships shall be built in Bulgaria. According to the project schedule, the first hull should be launched in 2021 and the second in 2022. 

Lürssen competed against Bulgarian shipbuilder MTG Delfin and Fincantieri

https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/naval-warfare/german-yard-favourite-build-bulgarian-patrol-ships/

[Harald]

GE & Hanwha Sign MOU for ROK Navy KDDX Program

GE's Power Conversion business and Hanwha Aerospace signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) whereby the parties will work together to bring electric propulsion solutions to the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy for its new, six-ship KDDX destroyer program.

Under the MOU, GE's Power Conversion business offers its proven and low-risk naval electric drive propulsion solutions including Integrated Full Electric Propulsion (IFEP) or Hybrid Electric Drive (HED) as well as propulsion integration capabilities

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https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/03/ge-hanwha-sign-mou-for-rok-navy-kddx-program/

[Sparkplug]

Second Portuguese Type M frigate to undergo MLU

Victor Barreira, Lisbon - Jane's Navy International

27 February 2020

The Portuguese Navy's second Bartolomeu Dias (M)-class frigate, NRP D Francisco de Almeida (F 334), is scheduled to begin its mid-life upgrade (MLU) in Den Helder, the Netherlands, on 6 July, the service has told Jane's.

Upgrade work, which will be carried out at the Royal Netherlands Navy's Marinebedrijf shipyard, is scheduled to be completed in April 2022.

First-of-class NRP Bartolomeu Dias (F 333) entered its MLU in May 2018 and work is expected to be completed in late 2020.

The modernisation of Portugal's two M-class ships in the Netherlands was approved in 2016 and aims to extend their service lives until 2035 as well as delivering capabilities to support the continued participation in higher-intensity national and multinational operations.

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https://www.janes.com/article/94574/second-portuguese-type-m-frigate-to-undergo-mlu

[Huzaar1]

De FREMM.. die status. Komt vooral door gewalhalla van de gebruiker/bouwer die in hetzelfde potje zitten. En geent op export, komt er door de controle geen slecht woord over naar buiten.

[ARM-WAP]

'Europeans don't have a choice': Naval Group boss pushes for shipyard consolidation

Interessant (kort) artikel...

Met de aap-uit-de-mouw:
Guillou added that Naval Group will be the core around which a future "Naval Airbus" would be built "because we have the means and the desire to do so ... and other companies don't."

De kosten zijn idd een probleem voor werven... FREMM is/was een goed programma maar indien de staat zich al niet aan het programma wil houden, dan ben je als werf de pineut.
Met de FTI/FdI hoopt Naval Group alsnog export orders binnen te halen met de export-versie Belh@rra.

Op een 'consolidatie' in Europa zit ik al lang te wachten... die komt er zeker aan.
Echter... De verscheidene bedrijven zullen niet zonder slag of stoot in die richting gaan...

[Harald]

'Europeans don't have a choice': Naval Group boss pushes for shipyard consolidation

Europe's naval sector has no choice but to consolidate if it is to remain competitive with new entrants on the international market such as China, Russia and South Korea, according to the outgoing CEO of France's Naval Group.

At his last news conference before retiring on March 24, Hervé Guillou said that "over the past 15 years we've seen one Chinese, one Russian, two Koreans, the Japanese, Singaporeans, Indians — and I could go on — arriving on the naval defense market. They are posing a considerable challenge and that's why Europe must consolidate."

Guillou said that between 2009 and 2018 — small ships such as offshore patrol vessels and offshore supply vessels excluded — China produced 136 military ships, of which 11 were exported; Russia produced 68, of which 14 were exported; South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries and Daewoo (now consolidated into one business) produced 40 ships, of which 13 were exported; and Japan's shipyards made 19, all for its domestic market. Two of the United States' shipbuilders made 78 ships, of which six were exported; Europe's 12 shipyards produced 80 ships, of which 49 were for the export market.

The figures given by Naval Group are estimates supplied by the European economic group Euroyards, which uses sources such as the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and IHS Markit.

"What more need I say?" Guillou remarked at the Friday briefing. "We are the only ones in the world who have to export over half our production in order to survive."

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https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2020/02/21/europeans-dont-have-a-choice-naval-group-boss-pushes-for-shipyard-consolidation/

[Harald]

US Navy Deploys First Destroyer with Counter-Drone Laser

https://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/209831/us-navy-deploys-first-destroyer-with-counter_drone-laser.html

[Sparkplug]

Navy Researching New Class of Medium Amphibious Ship, New Logistics Ships

https://news.usni.org/2020/02/20/navy-researching-new-class-of-medium-amphibious-ship-new-logistics-ships