

Canada - Ship Procurement Canada ship procurement research: Introduction Aerospace design is entering an era where more capable electronic systems combined with enhanced materials and innovative approaches will likely render current designs "obsolete" somewhat more rapidly than has been the case since the end of World War Two. This is occurring during a transitionary global political phase marked by unprecedented empathy fueled by the growth of the underlying network communications fabric. At the same time the potential for future problems is increasing rapidly with financial turbulence combined with population growth, changing demographics and environmental factors. The same fundamentals which are driving global changes will also influence next generation aerospace design, not only in terms of potential use cases, but integration of the entire research and development process into the underlying context. Notably Canadian economic factors are to some degree dependent on the rapid adaptation of exports to the expectations of the market, which in the case of ongoing financial turbulence infers a "rough ride" for those who are not innovating rapidly in concert with overall trends. Since the end of World War Two the Royal Canadian Navy has not had a significant use case for a large number of sophisticated naval resources, however has maintained a reasonably capable fleet during this period, for the purposes inferred by a large coastal region, combined with a small scale temperate moderating effect on world affairs. Clearly current trends are likely to enlarge the Canadian role in world affairs, not least through contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The long predicted transition to the increasing dominance of Pacific trade, with the pending development of larger scale petrochemical exports from the west coast infers a much larger stake in patrolling trade routes and responding to situations on a routine basis. The Pacific theatre, due to scope and complex political implications infers a cautiously diplomatic approach combined with suitable naval and air resources, trained, equipped and scaled to complement our allies. Concurrently greater activity is projected for the Arctic region which is of critical importance, inferring an ongoing commitment of specialized resources well adapted to the evolving context, and able to protect our interests effectively. Historically there has been a fairly strong ship building industry in Canada, however in recent years many operations have either been downsized or dissolved. While there are a collage of reasons for this, one might be that our ship building industries have seemed less attractive than alternatives elsewhere in the world. Clearly any sustainable large scale ship building industry based in Canada must compete with prevalent factors elsewhere, otherwise short term "domestic only" procurement contracts will merely become a "make work project" for the duration. As such the objective of this research is to illuminate the basic productivity levels, that should minimally be obtained, in order to attract significant long term market share to Canada. Briefly the "Canadian government" has put forward a thirty five billion dollar "domestic only" plan to acquire some naval and utility ships "built in Canada". We recently checked what one might buy if "built in South Korea" at the "4 largest ship builders" on the planet. Not that we are recommending this but it is somewhat informative, as mentioned, for relative productivity reference. As there is apparently an obvious disparity, of surprisingly large magnitude in productivity, we have taken the liberty not only of expanding the prescribed number for each vessel type but adding a few more types, to bring the total "order" value up to thirty five billion dollars. The carriers indicated below were chosen as they are quite versatile in terms of use cases, and notably have 70 bed hospitals on each one. In some form of emergency situation they, with appropriate crew and helicopters, could lift a few casualties at a time to the carriers. In the case of large numbers of casualties persons waiting for medical attention could be moved and laid out on temporary supports on the cargo deck (using the flight deck elevators), and be "processed" assembly line style through the hospital. If all eight carriers are used for this concurrently in the order of 1000 casualties could likely be handled per day. What the "Canadian government" is probably procuring is detailed here: National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (external link to Wikipedia) In South Korea at the worlds "4 largest ship builders": Hyundai, Daewoo, Hanjin and STX, we "ordered" from the "menu" with a little "creative estimating" from "available pricing". The pricing is very rough and probably a bit high, especially if ordering a few copies of a particular type, not just one. Generally all of the ships are delivered to the customer "fully equipped". Qty Item Amount 8 Carrier 8 B 8 Destroyer 7.5 B 16 Submarine 8 B 24 Frigate 5.6 B 24 Patrol 0.9 B 74 Subtotal 30.0 B 10 JSS Tanker 3.5 B 8 Ice Breaker 0.8 B 12 Fishery 0.4 B 10 Oceanographic 0.3 B 40 Subtotal 5.0 B 114 Total 35.0 B RCN = Royal Canadian Navy

CCG = Canadian Coast Guard These are the naval ships: $30 billion for 74 combatant (warships) vessels to serve in the RCN 8 Carrier (1 B each : 8 B) 8 Destroyer (923 M each : 7.5 B) 16 Submarine (500 M each : 8 B) 24 Frigate (232 M each : 5.6 B) 24 Patrol (38 M each : 0.9 B) These are the utility ships: $5 billion for 40 non-combatant vessels to serve in the CCG and RCN 10 JSS Tanker (350 M each : 3.5 B) 8 Ice Breaker (100 M each : 0.8 B) 12 Fishery (35 M each : 420 M) 10 Oceanographic (30 M each : 300 M)