The Global Combat Ship Programmes (Type 26 Frigate, Hunter Class Frigate, Canadian Surface Combatant)
Creators
- 1. Royal Navy, Navy Ships-Acquisition Exports
- 2. Royal Australian Navy, Deputy Director Future Surface Combatants,
- 3. Deputy Project Manager (Ship), Canadian Surface Combatant, Canada
Description
The Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy, and Royal Canadian Navy have a long history of mutual respect and cooperation, in war and peace. Opportunities to enhance this cooperation and interoperability have significantly increased following the decisions by the governments of Australia and Canada to base their next surface combatants on the Type 26 frigate under construction for the Royal Navy. In June 2018, Australia announced the selection of the Type 26 design as the basis for the SEA5000 programme to deliver nine frigates for the Royal Australian Navy. In February 2019, the government of Canada and Irving Shipbuilding Inc. announced that they had selected Lockheed Martin Canada for the design of the Canadian Surface Combatant ship that will be based on the BAE Systems Type 26 Global Combat Ship design. Fifteen Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) ships are planned to be built at Irving Shipbuilding’s Halifax Shipyard.
Collectively, there is now a 32-ship programme, constituting three national endeavours involving significant government commitment, and large-scale investment and development, to enable continuous shipbuilding activity. The United Kingdom, Australia and Canada have formed a Global Combat Ship (GCS) User Group to advance cooperation and shared learning. The member navies are proud to be part of a collaborative programme that will deliver world-class multi-threat naval surface combatant capability, tailored to each country’s specific requirements, as part of our respective warfighting and shipbuilding strategies.
This paper will present the background to each national programme, identifying the strategic commitments that each government has made for their shipbuilding endeavour. It will then look at the role of the GCS User Group and how it will support each of the respective programmes and their country’s security and resilience. The paper will reveal the goals and opportunities derived from a more collaborative approach, leading to increased interoperability between our respective navies; maintaining capability superiority through an agile and innovative relationship with acquisition, science and technology organisations and partner nations; and assisting our shipbuilding industries in delivering capability, on time and budget, against evolving threats.
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