{"id":25089,"date":"2016-03-03T13:19:33","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T02:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=25089"},"modified":"2016-03-03T13:29:41","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T02:29:41","slug":"new-subs-not-so-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/new-subs-not-so-fast\/","title":{"rendered":"New subs\u2014not so fast"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Four years ago we produced a paper on the production timeline for the future submarine, and what that meant for the longevity of the Collins fleet. Our \u2018<\/span>Mind the Gap<\/span><\/a>\u2019 paper was based on information that was already in the public domain at the time and, given the media reporting<\/span> yesterday and today<\/span><\/a>, we thought it worthwhile to reprise what was known even then and to update the conclusions in the light of the recent improved performance on Collins maintenance.<\/span><\/p>\n

First, it\u2019s worth recalling what prompted us to write that paper. At the Sea Power 2012 conference in Sydney, the then Project manager for the future submarine, Rear Admiral Rowan Moffitt, presented the following indicative timeline for delivery of the future boats:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"1\"<\/figure>\n

In other words, Defence\u2019s estimate at the time was that the earliest a boat could be delivered was 2029, and 2034 was the latest date in the range presented. In our 2012 analysis we looked at a couple of potential starting dates. To test the sensitivity of our conclusions to input assumptions, we based our earliest startaing date on the slightly shorter timeframe that would result if the future submarine was delivered on the same timescale as the Collins class\u2014a somewhat rushed program with a series of well-documented technical issues that required years of work to remediate. Under the assumption of a Collins-like timetable, our estimated first delivery of a future submarine was 2028.<\/span><\/p>\n

We also noted that even an off-the-shelf boat from a European supplier\u2014which would not come close to meeting the Navy\u2019s requirements\u2014would be some years off:<\/span><\/p>\n

Based on the experience of other countries that have ordered existing submarines from European suppliers, the first boat could be delivered approximately seven years after contract signature, with one every 12 to 18 months after that from the home yard, or on a similar schedule but with an additional upfront delay of a couple of years for the construction of subsequent boats in Australia.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So the potential earliest delivery date of an existing (and unsuitable) design from an Australian yard was, in our estimation, nine years from contract signature. Starting now, that would be 2025. Herein, perhaps, lies an explanation for why Mr Abbott is<\/span> \u2018flabbergasted\u2019 at the \u2018delay\u2019 in submarine delivery<\/span><\/a>. Until the politics of leadership and South Australia imposed a rethink in early 2015, a direct purchase of Soryu from Japan<\/span> was rumoured to be under active consideration<\/span><\/a>. Under such a plan, delivery in the mid- to late-2020s may have been feasible. Of course, that was closed off with the initiation of the CEP and the all-but-certain acceptance of a more time consuming local build strategy.<\/span><\/p>\n

To summarise, here are the dates that we discussed four years ago, all based on open-source information.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n

Our analysis showed that even the most optimistic timeframe for the delivery of a bespoke design future submarine required some work to be done to extend the Collins lifetime. The good news was that a Collins life-of-type extension filled in the potential capability gap in even the \u2018Defence worst case\u2019 scenario. (See the graph below.)<\/span><\/p>\n

\"3\"<\/figure>\n

We\u2019re planning to redo our calculations based on current information. One of the things we expect to find is that the situation late next decade and the early 2030s will be better than we estimated four years ago. That\u2019s because the Collins fleet is now operating on a \u20182+10\u2019 basis\u2014a two year full cycle docking, followed by a 10 year operational cycle\u2014rather than the \u20182+8\u2019 that prevailed at the time. (We expect that the extended cycle will only partially alleviate the need to extend the life of the Collins.) \u00a0On an encouraging note,<\/span> Collins availability has increased<\/span><\/a> due to some good work being done by the collective that manages the fleet (Navy, ASC, Defence and Finance).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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