New warship’s 14,000 defects

First Canberra-class delayed 7 months.


New warship’s 14,000 defects (subscription via The Australian)

THE AUSTRALIAN JULY 15, 2014 12:00AM

Cameron Stewart

CONSTRUCTION of the nation’s largest warship has been delayed by seven months as workers battle to fix more than 14,000 minor defects in a fresh setback for the troubled naval shipbuilding industry.

The problems afflicting the $1.5 billion amphibious assault ship HMAS Canberra — the ship Tony Abbott wants to turn into an aircraft carrier — come on top of the well-publicised ­delays in the $8bn Air Warfare Destroyer program.

They come at a time when the Abbott government appears to be paralysed with indecision about how to proceed with the country’s largest defence project, the $36bn construction of up to 12 submarines in ­Adelaide.

I don't know. Only 7 months? OK. Fixable stuff? OK. But let us point to the real problem here. DMO did not properly inspect this hull when it came from Spain. The quality control at that point was not done. DMO and the appropriate crew of chair-warmers should wear ALL the blame for that.

A side note on that mention of the AWDs. They started out as a $5b/$6b/$7b program. Currently at about $8.5B not $8B and...on the DMO's Project of Concern List for gross stupidity. Do the math on that depending on which number one believes. As for 12 subs, well, DM Johnston has already stated that can be 6. Occasionally, like a broken clock being right twice a day, Johnston delivers.... well...to that low expectation.

HMAS Canberra was originally due to be handed to the navy in February, but it won’t be handed over until at least mid-September, after more sea trials next month.

Yeah, yeah. OK. It is the wrong ship class. Let us see what the butcher's bill is when it is handed over to the RAN. And let us see how many years they, and the DMO can maintain both the ships before they becomes rusting hulks due to poor program management and supervision.

Another problem for the Canberra-class? Yes, well, the MRH-90 (also on the DMO Project of Concern List). Pure garbage and no auto-folding rotors. Let us see how many people that puts in the hospital trying to ready it for flight or secure it on the deck post-flight.

Seriously, I'd prefer doing blog posts about great entrenched Defence bureaucracy achievements, but DJ Marky-Mark, your shit isn't sorted.

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