The French FREMM frigate Aquitaine is an example of a design that could be picked for the Canadian navy's frigate program. (The Naval Group)
Posted on 10/11/2017 10:21:49 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Companies bidding to design Canada's new warships have to throw in specifications for everything — including the kitchen sink and the paperwork to prove it works.
That is one of about 600 technical requirements in the design stage of the $60-billion frigate replacement program — the myriad tiny details that some of the 12 companies in the competition say are excessive.
One section of the bid documents, obtained by CBC News, lists the appliances and expectations for the ship's galley.
It is an extensive list, including a 40-litre mixing machine, one four-rack convection oven, a single two-compartment steamer cooker, two 80-litre steam kettles and two 0.75-metre griddles, among many other things.
In addition to demonstrating those items fit in their warship design, the bidders are also required to submit technical documentation to prove the equipment works, akin to the owner's manual you'd find with home appliance purchases.
The Department of Public Services and Procurement revealed a few weeks ago that a federal cabinet decision on which off-the-shelf warship design will be purchased for the navy was being delayed until next year.
Bids to supply the blueprints and help in constructing the 15 surface combat ships were originally supposed to be submitted last spring, but federal officials recently set a new deadline of Nov. 17.
One of the reasons for the delay, according to two bidders who asked not to be named, is the amount of supporting technical documentation that must be submitted.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...
The French FREMM frigate Aquitaine is an example of a design that could be picked for the Canadian navy's frigate program. (The Naval Group)
So Canada is going to float about a dozen Frigates (their entire Navy) for $60bil?
Who knows, maybe that’ll float two dozen for that price.
They should be able to keep one at sea at all times.
As long as it stays in the brown water lol
I have (yet another) dumb question.
Do modern designers ever consider ships without helicopter hangers? Surely flying them off the ship adds costs for fuel, parts and personnel.
Why not use that aft deck and hanger space for additional VLS cells?
Helicopters are a key ASW asset. They need more helos, not less.
The Royal CANADIAN Navee after Turd-owe has legalised pot. My guess is that there will be a concession on board each ship that sells Doritos and munchies. Groovy, Dustbin Turd-owe, groovy!
. </sarc>
Is that a picture of an actual naval officer in uniform, or of someone wearing a Halloween costume?
Click the link...
Eric Idle from Monty Python, circa early 1970s...in a fake Royal Navy dress uniform.
It says something, I suppose ... either about me or about the condition of the modern world ... that I even entertained the notion that the picture might be of an actual naval officer.
Paying for all that will take a lot of maple syrup.
Quote from the story (click picture for link) titled 'The RCN’s summer of Pride':
“For several years now we have encouraged members to march in uniform in the annual Halifax Pride parade; however, this was the first time there was an official military presence,” said RAdm Newton. “The parade was an exciting event that celebrated the very best of our city and country.”
Hmmm ... the REAR Admiral thinks buggery is “the very best of our city and country.”
Perhaps he may someday, 'rise' in the ranks to become a 'Rear' Admiral, also.
Trudeau will never get around to ships
In the US military, it used to be ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell!’
In the Canadian Forces, it is ‘Share your perversity proudly!’ We are a doomed people, blind and stupid, buying into Turd-owe and his socialist Utopian, satanic fantasy.
Correct. It is all smoke and mirrors, the same bullchit his father pulled. His old man Pierre, destroyed a (relatively) strong, middle power military, supplanting it with a military whose job is mostly for show, and to sometimes clean snow off the streets. (Toronto, 1999)
About the only exception is JTF2 and CSOR, totalling likely less than 1,000 members
where’s china in the rankings?
thanx
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.