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BAE in bid for deal with Brazilian navy
12:16pm Wednesday 27th October 2010 in News
By Gareth Lewis, Business Editor
An early concept design of the Global Combat Ship by BAE
THE Brazilian navy is weighing up whether to order a fleet of 11 new ships from Hampshire warship builder BAE Systems after the company formally submitted its bid for the work.
It’s a crunch decision for the 3,000 Hampshire workers employed in the heritage industry, which desperately needs overseas work to compensate for a reduction in orders for the cash-strapped Royal Navy.
Farnborough-based BAE is aiming to build five ocean patrol vessels, one logistics support vessel and five escort vessels for the Brazilian fleet.
The company, which operates the former VT Group shipyard in Portsmouth, also hopes to win a lucrative support and maintenance deal to look after the fleet.
All the support work is based in Hampshire, employing 1,500 people.
In a landmark move, the offer allows the Brazilians to partner BAE ship designers in the normally secretive development of the new multi-role Global Combat Ship in a process known as technology transfer.
Although only the first in the class of the ships are likely to be built in the UK, possibly just one or two vessels, the deal would drive down the costs of developing the Global Combat Ship.
That forms the base of the Navy’s planned Type 26 frigate programme, meaning that the service is more likely to take up its full quota of 13 vessels, all of which will be built in the UK.
BAE’s proposal comes on the back of the recent Defence Co-operation Agreement between the UK and Brazilian governments and is part of a bid to boost trade between the two countries.
Alan Johnston, managing director of BAE Systems’ Surface Ships division, said: “We believe that this strategic partnership approach, combined with our proven ship designs, will bring strength to Brazilian industry and give the Brazilian navy confidence in our ability to deliver an effective, affordable solution to meet its future naval capability requirements.
“We are in discussions regarding the naval proposal with a number of potential industry partners in Brazil, including shipyards and combat systems developers.”
Comments(14)
stmarysmush
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1:05pm Wed 27 Oct 10
Brite Spark wrote:Might aw well make a profit while we ca. There only buy ships off someone else otherwise.
I hope that these vessels wouldn't be used by Brazil to support Argentina in any future conflict. We've shot ourselves in the foot with these sort of orders before. Argentina themselves had a couple of destroyers built in UK that they used in The Falklands War. And Vospers have built ships purchased by Iran. Would we sell tanks to Iran - I hope not??
StEmmosfire
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1:11pm Wed 27 Oct 10
Brite Spark
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1:17pm Wed 27 Oct 10
However, it was a bit ironic to face the enemy in The Strait of Hormuz knowing that their Alvand class frigates were built next to The Itchen Bridge!
StEmmosfire
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1:50pm Wed 27 Oct 10
Brite Spark wrote:Im telling you britespark, the place is a joke, no wonder the aircraft carriers are going to cost so much. There was a good program on Ch4 recentley about how the MOD spends our money, a lot of it revolving around BAE. They need to employ less of these "permie" contractors and invest in young people on full time contracts, and stop bringing in foreign staff, and using a skills shortage as an excuse is pathetic. You dont have to be a genious to operate a computer, if I can do it most people can.
If I worked for BAE i would be chuffed at any business coming our way. However, it was a bit ironic to face the enemy in The Strait of Hormuz knowing that their Alvand class frigates were built next to The Itchen Bridge!
Brite Spark
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2:32pm Wed 27 Oct 10
soton1980
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4:31pm Wed 27 Oct 10
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One wonders why if the Brazilian Government can afford 11 of these, why we can only afford 6-8 Daring class Type 45 destroyers. Still, at least if the Brazilian navy orders some of these ships it stops workers from being made redundant and keeps them busy.
Irate Wintonian
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4:34pm Wed 27 Oct 10
Walter K
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4:50pm Wed 27 Oct 10
or the spellcheck.....
StEmmosfire
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5:05pm Wed 27 Oct 10
Walter K wrote:Spell-check run... found 3 errors, dont = don't, genious = genius, and spellcheck = spell-check
"You dont have to be a genious to operate a computer" or the spellcheck.....
FizzyMouse
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5:12pm Wed 27 Oct 10
Walter K wrote:Looks like you could do with running it once and a while!
"You dont have to be a genious to operate a computer" or the spellcheck.....
Condor Man
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5:34pm Wed 27 Oct 10
Rob444
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7:00pm Wed 27 Oct 10
FizzyMouse wrote:I believe the correct expression is "Once in a while", not "Once and a while".
Walter K wrote:Looks like you could do with running it once and a while!
"You dont have to be a genious to operate a computer" or the spellcheck.....
X Old Bill
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7:53pm Wed 27 Oct 10
StEmmosfire wrote:You missed a couple:
Walter K wrote:Spell-check run... found 3 errors, dont = don't, genious = genius, and spellcheck = spell-check
"You dont have to be a genious to operate a computer" or the spellcheck.....
Im should be I'm,
recentley should be recently,
And: Programme if it is a television programme, but program if it is on a computer.
Brite Spark says...
12:38pm Wed 27 Oct 10