The plan will mean Australia reduces its order of Hunter-class frigates from nine to six. The new surface combatant fleet will also consist of three upgraded Hobart-class destroyers, 11 new Lordderplythethird. • 3 mo. ago. No, the design wasn't changed. BAE is OFFERING a change to it, as the current projection looks like Australia wants to cut 9 Hunter ASW frigates down to 6 ASW frigates, and 3 – pm. Gift this article. British shipbuilder BAE Systems is trying to salvage troubled plans to build nine major warships in Adelaide, unveiling a design to build frigates packed According to information published by BAE Systems on November 29, , the Hunter class frigate program has successfully completed its Preliminary Design Review (PDR), a critical technical assessment to ensure operational effectiveness of the design The proposal adds 64 additional VLS cells and eight more anti-ship missiles to the design. Ben Felton BAE Systems Australia is offering The Hunter-class frigate (a Type 26 variant) programme has been cut from nine ships to six. Australia will now look at Six Hunter class frigates, 11
Confidence in Hunter program grows - Australian Defence
MELBOURNE, Australia — The shipbuilder for a $30 billion Australian program is pushing back against criticism over the design and capabilities of the anti-submarine warfare frigate According to information published by BAE Systems on November 29, , the Hunter class frigate program has successfully completed its BAE Systems Australia. Frigate. Hunter-class. Share this article. The expected time frame for the first of the Australian Navy's Hunter-class The new design unveiled at the show replaces the standard mission bay and instead adds an additional 64 MK41 vertical launch cells and as many as "The Hunter class in its current configuration is 32 cells, given that its primary role is anti-submarine warfare, we're adding another 64 [vertical launch] cells in that mission bay environment, taking the total complement [to a] 96 vertical capability," he said BAE has offered 3 batch of hunter class types batch 1, of the 32 cell VLS with current design. Batch 2, of the 96 cell VLS but will lose some ASW The proposal adds 64 additional VLS cells and eight more anti-ship missiles to the design. Ben Felton BAE Systems Australia is offering an up-armed, evolved version of the Hunter class frigate to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) as a way of rapidly increasing the firepower of the surface fleet Potential design changes to the Hunter-class frigates contracted for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from shipbuilder BAE Systems Australia would
Australia’s anti-submarine frigate program sails rough seas
The Hunter-class frigate (a Type 26 variant) programme has been cut from nine ships to six. Australia will now look at Six Hunter class frigates, 11 new general purpose frigates and six new Large Optionally Crewed Surface Vessels (LOSVs). Here’s the announcement in full MELBOURNE, Australia — The shipbuilder for a $30 billion Australian program is pushing back against criticism over the design and capabilities of the Lordderplythethird. • 3 mo. ago. No, the design wasn't changed. BAE is OFFERING a change to it, as the current projection looks like Australia wants to cut 9 Hunter Under existing plans, BAE is building nine anti-submarine Hunter-class frigates at Osborne as part of a $45bn program that would deliver the first ship in and the final ship in Under BAE’s new proposal, it would build the first three Hunter-class frigates and then, in , it would build its first air warfare destroyer BAE has offered 3 batch of hunter class types batch 1, of the 32 cell VLS with current design. Batch 2, of the 96 cell VLS but will lose some ASW capabilities such as the towed away sonar and it’s central bay for speed boats to accompany extra 64 cell VLS with current design. Batch 3, cell VLS but has no main 5 inch gun At the Indo-Pacific Maritime exhibition in Sydney on 7 October, BAE Systems outlined its proposal for a new guided missile variant of its Hunter-class frigate that would include a total of some 96 vertical launch cells and an additional 16 Naval Strike Missile launchers. Speaking to reporters at the exhibition, Ben Hudson, CEO of BAE Systems By Nigel Pittaway | Adelaide | 15 September Comments. 2 / 3 free articles left. Confidence in Navy’s Hunter-class frigate program is growing as prototype construction work continues and blocks are consolidated at BAE Systems Maritime Australia’s shipyard in Osborne, South Australia