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The recent arrival of Asterix in Halifax has allowed Davie and Federal Fleet Services to crow about their on time and on budget project to produce an interim AOR. After training of Royal Canadian Navy personnel on the vessel is completed, Asterix will begin supporting RCN operations.

Davie, in its news release announcing the arrival of the ship in Halifax, took a few digs at the yet to be constructed Joint Support Ships.

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Here from the news release is some of that material, which I have put in italics:

“Canada has the option to purchase the vessel at any time during or upon termination of the lease. At a value of $659m today, Asterix’s price is a fraction of the cost of the currently planned Joint Support Ships (2013 PBO estimate indicates a 50% probability that each JSS will cost over $2.1Billion).

Due to program delays and limited shipbuilding capacity under the National Shipbuilding Strategy, the first Joint Support Ship will likely not be delivered before 2026 at the very earliest and possibly as late as 2028.”

