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raider1011 - September 23, 2009 05:29 AM (GMT)
Below is a listing of the unit costs of several major warship programs, mainly European, from reputable sources:

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  •  Danish  –  1.5B Kr  =  $333M Cdn  (Project Patruljeskibe)
  •  FREMM – 280M €  =  $447M Cdn  (French version, diesel powered)
  •  FREMM – 350M €  =  $600M Cdn  (Italian version, turbine powered)
  •  Dutch  –  400M €  =  $639M Cdn  (De Zeven Provinciën class)
    (or up to  – 450M €  =  $719M Cdn  quotes vary according to source)
  •  Spanish  – 400M €  =  $639M Cdn  (F100/Nansen class, prices vary)
  •  Typ 125  – 550M €  =  $878M Cdn  (projected German Fregatte Klasse F125)
  •  FREMM – 550M €  =  $879M Cdn  (projected air defence version)
  •  Typ 124  – 700M €  =  $1.12B Cdn  (German Sachsen class air defence frigate)
  •  CF SCSC – 1.06B €  =  $1.70B Cdn  (Single Class Surface Combatant)

Canadian-American Strategic Review

(1 Canadian Dollar = 0.935891 U.S. dollars as of 09/23/2009)

Littoral Combat Ship:

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The Navy’s original goal of $220 million per ship—without modular packages—has at least tripled.  And, both designs are several years behind schedule.

Defense News

National Security Cutter (U.S. Coast Guard):

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The contract also fixed the total price for the new ship at $641 million – a figure that includes $441 million to build the ship, plus government-furnished equipment including weapons, and future structural improvements and modifications.

How likely is it that this will change for subsequent ships of class? A significant chunk of the answer will be determined by the expected extent and success of future construction improvements.

Defense Industry Daily

Flexible Support Ship (Danish ABSALON-class):

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One of  the reasons  that  the Absalon class was attainable, was a willingness to accept systems being installed  in phases. This meant a delay in acheiving full operational status but  both ships were available for limited operations in the meantime. It has also resulted in some confusion over costs.  Prices as low as 1.256 billion Kroner  (Cdn $263M)  have been quoted.  The actual cost for the entire Absalon class  program,  completely equipped,  is quoted as 2.7B Kroner (Cdn $565M).

Canadian American Strategic Review

About US$265 million for each ABSALON-class ship (which is a lot like the MPV our PN has been dreaming of getting), the most "affordable" of all the ships listed. Obviously, of the nations involved, it appears the Danes are getting the most out of their money. Even more admirable, the follow-up to the ABSALONs, the IVAR HUITFELDT-class frigates, only add US$50 million to the amount Danish taxpayers are forking over for each ship. How in the world?

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Production of the first of three new frigates for the Royal Danish Navy has started yesterday -- in Lithuania. The Baltija Shipyard at Klaipeda, Lithuania, is one of two companies in the Baltic Republics that have won a role as subcontractor to supply building block sections for the 138-meter (450-ft.)-long ships (see http://www.navalhistory.dk/).

The other subcontractor is Loksa Shipyard in Estonia.

Aviation Week

So there, foreign shipyards offering (presumably) lower labor costs. Mind you these are no chump ships the Danes are getting; the same link: Thanks to the 400-km-range Smart-L radar, when positioned in the center of the Danish archipelago, a single frigate of this class can monitor the airspace over the whole of Denmark proper.

The fact these world-class ships can be built in non-Western European shipyards, at least partially, has me asking: Can we do it here, in the Philippines?

Food for thought.




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