[Talisker]

Paywall.

[Mollypitcher1]

Shades of The Hunt for Red October...with diesels ..........
Good for France!

[DoughtyOne]

[SandRat]

http://dcnsgroup.com.au/what-we-do/sea-1000/

The Future Submarine Program will deliver Australian an affordable, regionally superior, conventional submarine capability, sustainable into the foreseeable future.

Australia must have the ability to operate, sustain, maintain and upgrade Australia’s submarine force on an enduring basis.

Australia’s Future Submarines project will be the biggest defence acquisition in Australia’s history, valued at $50 billion.

Building the submarines will be a mammoth task – at least twice the size of the Collins Class program.

On completion, the Shortfin Barracuda Block 1A will be the most technically complex artefact in Australia.

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Our pedigree

DCNS is Europe’s unparalleled leader in naval defence capability.

The firm employ more than 12,500 people globally, boasts turnover of €3.04 billion and has built 100 submarines for nine different countries.

DCNS is the only submarine design company in the world to have design competencies in nuclear and conventional submarines, safely delivering submarines ranging from 2,000 tonnes to 14,000 tonnes to navies all around the world.

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The Shortfin Barracuda Block 1A

The Australian Future Submarine Program calls for a regionally superior submarine. The requirements call for a new submarine, not one that is in existence today.

The Shortfin Barracuda Block 1A, designed by DCNS specifically for the Royal Australian Navy, will be the recipient of France’s most sensitive and protected submarine technology and will be the most lethal conventional submarine ever contemplated.

Pump jet propulsion means the Shortfin Barracuda can move more quietly than submarines with obsolete propeller technology. In a confrontation between two otherwise identical submarines, the one with pump jet propulsion always has the tactical advantage.

The sonar suite performance provided by Thales will be the best available ever for a submarine this size.

Watch Shortfin Barracuda video.

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Full transfer of stealth technology

France is offering the Australian Government complete access to the stealth technologies utilised on board French nuclear-powered general-purpose attack submarines (SSNs) and ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs).

These technologies are the “crown jewels” of French submarine design and have never been offered to any other country. The very nature of these stealth technologies and the decision to release them to the Australian Government is a significant demonstration of the strategic nature of this program for the French authorities.

The United States will be responsible for supplying integrated combat systems to the Future Submarines, as well as the submarine’s weapons.

The collaboration between Australia, France and the United States will see DCNS providing design, technology and expertise within this sovereign framework.

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http://dcnsgroup.com.au/what-we-do/sea-1000/ DCNS Australia DCNS Australia is a subsidiary of DCNS, a French naval shipbuilding company and European leader in naval defence. DCNS is also an innovative player in renewable marine energy. DCNS Australia was established in April 2015, marking almost a century of cooperation between France and Australia.

[C19fan]

Am I missing something because $50 Aus Billion is about $40 B US or $3.33 US billion per sub. That is awfully expensive for conventional subs.

[Little Pig]

“...the French were convinced they had made a breakthrough in the race to win Australia’s $50 billion submarine contract...”

Submarine Races?

[null and void]

"with its pump jet propulsion system"

AKA the caterpillar drive.