Type 45 Destroyer
Type 45 Destroyer The Capability The Type 45 is a new class of six Anti-Air Warfare Destroyers, to replace the capability provided by the Royal Navy's existing Type 42's. The warship is being procured nationally. The Type 45 will carry the Principal Anti-Air Missile System which is capable of protecting the vessels and ships in their company against aircraft and missiles, satisfying the Fleet's need for area air defence capability into the 2030s. The Principal Anti-Air Missile System is being procured collaboratively with France and Italy. The Destroyers Team is responsible for providing the Principal Anti-Air Missile System to the warship Prime Contractor. |
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Overview of Cost, Time and Performance | |||||||
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Cost of Assessment Phase | £213m | £232m | +£19m | - | |||
Cost of Demonstration & Manufacture Phase | £4,757m | £5,664m | +£907m | -£30 | |||
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- Initial Spares | 14m | 14m | 0 | 0 | |||
- Full Support | £804m | £742m | -£62m | -£58m | |||
Duration of Assessment Phase | - | 108 months | - | - | |||
In-Service Date | May 2007 | July 2010 | +38 months | 0 months | |||
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- Initial Spares Contract Go-Live | June 2008 | June 2008 | 0 months | 0 months | |||
- Full Support Contract Go-Live | April 2009 | September 2009 | +5 months | 0 months | |||
- Initial Spares Contract End | - | - | - | - | |||
- Full Support Contract End | November 2017 |
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In-year Cost and Time Variation Detail | |||||||
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The past year has seen significant progress across the Type 45 programme with two ships now declared in-service. The first ship, HMS Daring was accepted into service with the Royal Navy on 31 July 2010, with the second ship, HMS Dauntless, being similarly accepted on 16 November 2010. Good progress continues to be achieved across the build programme with the third ship, HMS Diamond being accepted off contract on 22 September 2010 and the fourth ship, HMS Dragon completing her first contractor sea trials in December 2010. The final Type 45, HMS Duncan, was launched in October 2010. The Principle Anti-Air Missile System development test firing programme was successfully completed in June 2010, with a Salvo firing from the Longbow barge at a French test range in the Mediterranean. The High Seas Firing programme from Type 45 platforms commenced with a successful firing from HMS Dauntless in September 2010 at the UK Hebrides test range. | The contract for up to seven years of support for Type 45, awarded to BAE Systems Surface Ships Ltd in September 2009, has delivered the required availability to enable those ships declared in-service to achieve their programmed activities. During the Department's 2011 Planning Round savings measures were implemented as a result of the combination of: forecast Terms Of Business Agreement savings; risk retirement following successful completion of the Sea Viper development firing programme; early In-Service Date of the first two ships and early acceptance off-contract of the third ship against their 50 per cent confidence dates. As a result of these savings, which amounted to some £34 million, the decision was taken to reverse a Cost Capability Trade made in 2006 that proposed to reduce the spend on Aster missiles by some £30 million. The overall effect of these decisions is a forecast decrease of £30 million in the overall cost of the programme. | ||||||
Risk Assessment against Defence Lines of Development
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