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to a more environmentally friendly alternative. A underwater speed than the Cakras at 22knots
number of outstanding operational defects are also compared with 21.5knots, but they have a smaller
being addressed as part of the work package. operating radius with a range of 7500nm at 8knots
Th e RAMP is being conducted under Clyde’s One compared with 8200nm.
Base One Team (OBOT) initiative to de-risk successful It is unclear whether the boats will be former
delivery of the work package to time, cost and quality. Republic of Korea Navy boats, possibly ROKS Chang
All stakeholders (including Ministry of Defence Abbey Bogo and Yi Chon, or if they will be new hulls. Th e
Wood, fl eet personnel from Portsmouth, ship’s staff , work would be useful to Daewoo, but the yard also
Babcock Marine and Royal Navy personnel at Clyde) hopes to build the more advanced Type 214 (Sohn
are working in partnership under an OBOT charter, Won-il) class and Korean sources indicate the deal
which clearly outlines the expected behaviours and will include a transfer of technology, suggesting that
reporting processes. A formal joint project team (JPT) Indonesia might be able to build Type 209/1200.
meets at least bi-weekly to discuss the work package
and review progress. A RAMP deliverables strategy Acquisition
has also been put in place to ensure that the project
paperwork is well managed and tracked so that all
Brunei corvettes
required project deliverables are available for accept-
bound for Gulf
ance at the end of the RAMP.
HMS Sceptre’s RAMP marks the end of an era, Th ree corvettes originally built for Brunei, but never
as the last to be conducted on a Swiftsure class delivered due to a legal dispute, may have been bought
submarine. Th is will be Sceptre’s third, and the 22nd by Kuwait.
and last planned docking of a Swift sure class SSN in Brunei had refused to accept the 1940ton corvettes
the Faslane shiplift . Sceptre was expected to come out aft er claiming that their performance did not meet
of drydock by the end of September. the contract specifi cations (which the manufacturers
Post dock work will include a routine inspection vigorously denied) and refused to accept the ships or
of reactor control component welds, followed by the complete payment for them.
mid-commission containment test which ensures Th e case went to international arbitration. However,
that the reactor compartment boundary is as per before judgement was made it is reported that Brunei
design. Finally the nuclear plant proving phase will decided to complete payment but not to accept the ships.
be conducted, culminating in platform sea clearance Th e ships have been laid up at Barrow-in-Furness
(PSCM) and RAMP completion. HMS Sceptre will and operated by a private company, which has kept
return to active duty shortly aft erwards. them in a deliverable condition. Another company-
reportedly Germany’s Friedrich Lürssen Werft,
Acquisition although the company has never confirmed this
Subs form part of
claim-sought new customers for the ships.
Ever since it was invaded in 1991, Kuwait has
Korean deal
sought to enhance its fl eet and has a requirement for
Fast Missile Strike Craft . Th e oil-rich kingdom has to
Naval Spyglass reports that Indonesia is set to acquire export by sea and wishes to be able to protect its ships
two submarines from South Korea as part of a US$1 against a variety of threats along the whole Gulf into
billion deal to exchange military equipment. the Indian Ocean.
The Indonesian Navy currently operates two Funding for the ‘strike craft ’ requirement, which
27-year-old, German-built, Type 209/1300 specifi ed vessels up to 72m, never materialised. If the
(Cakra) class. Both have been refitted by new stories are correct then Kuwait will achieve its
Daewoo Shipbuilding. aims in a very cost-eff ective way, although manning
Jakarta wants to expand its submarine force and a these ships with their crew of 79 may be diffi cult.
year ago was reported to be negotiating with Russia.
However, in December 2006 Indonesia and South AUVs
Korea forged a ‘strategic partnership’ involving
cooperation on defence and this is believed to be
Seaglider goes
the foundation of the new agreement scheduled for
commercial
signature shortly.
In exchange for maritime patrol aircraft , Indonesia The Office of Naval Research (ONR) in the US has
will acquire two Type 209/1200 (Chang Bogo) class announced the signing of a sole licensing agreement
boats built by Daewoo Engineering in cooperation between iRobot of Bedford, Massachussets, and
with Germany’s Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft UW TechTransfer at the University of Washington,
(HDW). Th e new boats would have a slightly faster to commercialise Seaglider technology that was
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