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Post by kiwiruna on May 19, 2021 7:33:58 GMT 12
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Post by nighthawknz on May 20, 2021 20:47:53 GMT 12
Reading through the RFI things to note;
- Maximum speed of not less than 16 knots.
- Designed and built as Polar Class 5 to IACS Unified Rules for polar ships
- Icebreaking performance equivalent to breaking 1.0m of medium first year sea ice3 with 0.3m of snow cover at a forward speed of 3 knots continuously, and similarly when operating astern but at a reduced speed.
- Able to carry up to 6 standard Shipping containers.
- Crane to load/unload cargo including container modules
- Helo pad and hangar military helicopter envelopes and weights up to and including NH-90 and MH-60R. Include refuel and maintenance.
- Hangar stowage and maintenance envelope capacity to simultaneously embark a Remotely Piloted Aerial System (RPAS) (Indicative RPAS size up to Boeing Integrator RQ-21.)
- Ability to launch and recover a small 12m landing Craft.
- Ability to receive liquids using NATO probe one side or both at sea underway in conditions up to and including Sea State 5. Ability to RAS refuel at sea.
- Unrefuelled range of 12000 nautical miles at an average transit speed of 14 knots
- Minimum endurance of 50 days’ supply of stores and provisions for total complement (100)
- Armament 99% it will be 25mm typhoon and a couple of HMG
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Post by machina on May 20, 2021 21:02:29 GMT 12
Helo pad and hangar military helicopter envelopes and weights up to and including NH-90 and MH-60R. Interesting, could that be a clue to future procurement? Same with the drone requirement in the next sentence. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 20, 2021 21:26:23 GMT 12
Probably referring to working with our Allies' MH-60R's
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Post by machina on May 20, 2021 22:15:28 GMT 12
Does that happen down in the ice?
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Post by nighthawknz on May 27, 2021 20:50:09 GMT 12
Probably referring to working with our Allies' MH-60R's but also by time the SOPV comes on line the Sea Sprites will be due to replaced the following year or so... the NH-90 and MH-60R are similar size and weight Helo's |
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