Goldan Navy Offers Procurement Contracts for Frigates

[SaintB]

(This is MT)

The Constitutional State of Goldaron has begun a new procurement program for the Naval Services. As a nation we have few ports and no facilities capable of constructing a new ship from the ground up and must thus rely on trade with foreign bodies for the construction of warships. The first ships we are looking to procure are frigate class vessels and must meet the following criteria:

Mandatory
Budget: Costing no more than $250 Million USD per vessel
Displacement: Between 4,500 and 5,000 Tonnes
Compliment: No more than 200 crewmembers
Capabilities: Must be able to perform both green and blue water operations, travel no less than 28 knots at top speed, and have a range of at least 14,500 km. The Frigate must also be capable of performing a variety of tasks from anti submarine to anti ship to anti aircraft roles.

Preferred
Modular Capability: Able to be easily modified.
Running Cost: No more than $15 million USD per year in the first 7 years of service
Dimensions: Beam no more than 17 meters, Length no more than 152 meters, Draught less than 8 meters

All offers will be reviewed by the Naval Board on a first come first serve basis and the winning contract(s) will be announced in seven days time.

[New Hayesalia]

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New Hayesalian Representative of TN RDI and TN RDS,
 

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Catalog
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Aerospace Systems (NEW PRODUCTS!!-Certain Show Rooms Under Construction)
Weapons Systems (NEW PRODUCTS!!
Annex 1
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Signed,
Ernest Rodenbour,
President and CEO,
United NW Canada and NW Candian Defense Solutions.

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TNRDI
Kiernan Class Destroyer
DDG-90 Mako

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Tribal Mk 2 class DDG
Republic class FFG
Province class FFG

[SaintB]

*bump up*

[SaintB]

Due to lack of responses we will keep this open for another week.

[Etoile Arcture]

IRON WORKS

Subject: Sales solicitation for naval frigate

Dear Sir or Madam:

We hereby announce our intention to enter a bid for the Goldaron Naval Services new frigate program. Please find attached detailed information and technical specifications of our offer. If you have any specific questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Sincerely,

Scott Roccuro
Vice-President of Sales

Attachment: Bid for new frigate

SIREN CLASS MULTIPURPOSE FRIGATE PROGRAM
Proposal to the Goldaron Naval Board


Outboard profile of the Siren class multipurpose frigate

INTRODUCTION
In the fall of 2011 the Goldaron Naval Board issued a request to international suppliers for a new modular multi-purpose frigate capable of performing a range of warfare functions, including anti-air (AAW), anti-surface (ASuW), and anti-submarine (ASW) warfare, and other unspecified future roles. To meet these requirements Amoskeag Iron Works proposes to offer the Siren (Export) class guided missile frigate for consideration by the Goldaron Naval Board.
OVERVIEW
Description: The Siren class has been designed as a low cost mass produced vessel with an austere electronics and weapons fit. To keep within the set price ceiling of US$250M per vessel the Siren class has been based on the hull of the in-service 6,000 ton Quadrant class Flight II frigate. This approach aims to significantly reduce the design, procurement and recurring operating costs for the customer. The ships will be fabricated in modular blocks that will accept plug-in upgrades to weapons and systems to keep pace with changing technology.
Construction: The Siren class has a low signature hull and superstructure constructed from non-magnetic low-carbon HSLA-65 steel providing resistance to blast overpressure, fragments, fire damage and electro-magnetic pulse (EMP). All surfaces are inclined at 10° and coated in salt air/water resistant infra-red and radar-absorbent paints to reduce radar cross section (RCS) and infra-red signature. The ship also features minimal deck clutter (corner reflectors), an enclosed mast, facetted gun shields and shuttered doors hiding the boat davits. Other signature management features include an electronic hull degausing system, underwater exhausts and water-cooled intakes/uptakes to reduce thermal signature, and rafted machinery and low noise high skew props to reduce acoustic signature.
Propulsion: The power plant is arranged as an integrated electric propulsion system using dual gas turbine prime movers, diesel alternators and permanent magnet motors to turn the propellors. These are cross linked into a single electrical switch board, allowing any combination of power flow to meet ship services and propulsion needs. Heavy automation is provided via a Ship Management System that controls the power plant and switch board from a single engineering room or a console on the bridge. Machinery is distributed throughout the hull for maximum redundancy and located below the waterline for maximum protection from shock and blast.
Armanent: The ship is built with a module for a vertical launch system (VLS) that can be fitted with 8-, 16- or 32-cell MK 41 VLS modules. The 8-cell launcher is installed as standard to save weight and cost. Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles, Tomahawk cruise missiles and VL-ASROC is compatible with these launchers. The main anti-surface weapons are Harpoon (fired from quad-canister launchers) and for naval gunfire support an Otebreda 3" Super Rapid gun in a stealth cupola on the bow deck. Three EX-45 stabilised mounts with machine guns or grenade launchers provide self defence from asymmetric threats such as small boats. The close-in weapon system (CIWS) is based on either the Rolling Airframe Missile or Phalanx MK 15 20mm guns to defend against high speed/low flying threats. These weapons have been selected as they do not penetrate deck space and can easily be relocated to other locations in any future overhaul. An automated torpedo system is mounted in the stern with four submerged tubes firing 324mm (12½") lightweight torpedoes.
Sensors: A mid-frequency hull mounted sonar and low-frequency towed array sonar is effective against quiet submarines and provides torpedo, mine and obstacle detection in green water (littoral) and blue water (open ocean) environments. The radar suite is based around low probability of intercept (LPI) systems. Target indication and tracking is provided by an ARTISAN 3D radar augmented by electro-optic and infra-red search and track (IRST) sensors on top of the mast tower. To reduce costs a separate radar/optronic director for guns and missiles has not been installed. Close-in engagements are instead managed by the built-in radars of the MK 15 Phalanx or SeaRAM launcher units. The primary radar chosen has been the Herakles phased array system to keep within the cost ceiling, but this cannot provide mid-course guidance to semi-active homing missiles, limiting the Siren class to local area defence roles. This may be addressed in a future upgrade to a more capable (and expensive) radar suite such as a APAR and SMART-L combination, that can control missiles such as the SM-2 Standard.
Aviation facilities: A hangar is located abaft and a 500m² landing pad on the stern and fantail with two landing spots. Hangar space is provided for a single medium-sized helicopter and a smaller helicopter or a vertical take-off/landing uninhabited aerial vehicle (VTUAV). Aircraft are moved between the hangars and the flight deck using a DCN Samahe helicopter handling system. The flight deck is equipped with a single replenishment point for loading fuel and stores.
SHIP CHARACTERISTICS
Displacement: 4,500 mt (4,960 t) full load
Length: 125 m
Beam: 14.5 m
Draught: 5.3 m
Compliment: 90 crew, 15 air group, 45 marines
Machinery: 2 Rolls-Royce Spey SM-1C 26,000 shp gas turbines, 2 Wärtsilä 16V26 A2 7,295 shp diesels w/ alternators, 2 Genista Marine Electrosystems 24,000 shp permanent magnet motors, 2 Renk planetary reduction gearboxes, 2 shafts w/ LIPS 5-blade controllable pitch propellers
Top speed: 29 knots @ 66,000 shp
Range: 16,668 km (9,000 nm) @ 15 knots
Endurance: 45-60 days before resupply
Aircraft: 1 medium helo + 1 VTUAV
Boats: 2 11 m (36') RHIB
Armament: 1 MK 41 Mod 7 VLS 8 cells (32 RIM-162E ESSM Blk II)*; 2 SeaRAM 11 pack launcher (22 RIM-116B RAM Blk I)**; 3 EX-45 stabilised mounts (.50 cal MG or 40mm AGL); 2 MK 141 Harpoon quad canister launchers (8 RGM-84L Harpoon Blk II)***; 2 Magazine Torpedo Launching System (20 324mm (12¾") torpedoes)
Sensors: Thales Herakles, E/F-band active phased array radar; Thales SCOUT MK 2 X-band surface surveillance/navigation radar; ARTISAN 3D (Advanced Radar Target Indication Situational Awareness and Navigation); Thales Kingklip mid-frequency active/passive hull mounted sonar; Thales Captas Nano low-frequency active/passive variable depth sonar (towed array); Thales Mirador electro-optical surveillance and tracking system; Thales Sirius dual-band infrared search and track system
Electronic warfare: Thales Sabre radar warning system; Thales Vigil ESM; Thales Cygnus jammer
Countermeasures: 2 Rheinmetall 32-tube Multi Ammunition Soft-kill System; Argon ST AN/SLQ-25B Nixie towed electro-acoustic decoy; electronic hull degaussing sytem
Combat direction: Thales TACITOS Combat Management System

* Can be upgraded to either 8, 16 or 32 cell configuration
** Interchangeable with MK 15 Phalanx Blk IB (M61 Vulcan 20mm)
*** Can be swapped for Naval Strike Missile or Exocet MM40