1.my answer to u is here
If u are the Chief of Navy in Oz,would u make a statement
immediately
when the press claims one of your surface combatant ships cant
sail?
So far,silence is golden.
Aussie sub 88 op days a year?
If i am anti--aussie,then how about CSJ??
2.The main problems is intergration of
software
Navy frigates 'sitting ducks',IAN McPHEDRAN, DEFENCE
WRITER,January 01, 2008
forums looks credible:
The US Navy considered these ships essentially throw away items
after 20 years. This was due to the fact that no space or more
importantly wieght was allowed for upgrades. Complicating the RAN's
problem is the fact that our navy use the Adelaide class for many
more roles than what they were originally designed for.
This upgrade is a one of a type so the RAN had no other navy to
learn from. Thus in essence you are upgrading a class of ship by
yourself, with little or no design margin for upgrades, to do
mission's that it was not designed to do.
Since the retirement of the 3 destroyers from the RAN earlier this
decade the Adealide class frigates have had air warfare escort
added to their allready large number of roles. If the navy can get
these frigates working correctly it will be nothing short of a
miracle and knowing the ingenuity of Australians they will pull it
offf. Added to the physical complications are the fact that a large
number of different systems have to be integrated together via
software. Software is complicated and time consuming and costly to
get working.
My understanding is that most if not all of the software codex is
original for this project. We cant get help from another user. Most
of the issue with the Super Sea Sprite revolve around the highly
complex software suite which once again is a one of a kind. Once
again we set the barr very very high!! Im not surprised it has run
late.
Posted by: Peter Driscoll of Adelaide 1:17pm January 02, 2008
--Comment 38 of 51
3. 'Orphan Systems' Syndrome
Oz like to develop unique system which no one has used
before.
This can explain why so many major platforms cant work well,
if not totally handicapped.
Research Paper 3 2001-02,
Getting in Early: Lessons of the Collins Submarine Program for
Improved Oversight of Defence Procurement,Derek Woolner
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Group
18 September 2001
Only One Amongst Many: Ongoing Problems in Defence
Procurement
Many of the programs are characterised by changes to overseas
systems to meet specifications developed by the Australian Defence
Force (ADF) for peculiarly Australian requirements. These systems
are unique to Australia and typically have proven difficult both to
develop and maintain. Within Defence they have attracted the
nickname 'orphan systems'....
Poor Management and the 'Orphan Systems' Syndrome
On this scale then, the consequences of poor financial management
of defence projects must be a concern. At their root, many of them
suffer from the same problems as the submarine program. In common
with the Collins submarines these struggling projects exhibit two
critical characteristics.
---- They have all incorporated significant changes to what appears
to be reasonably suitable military technology, to specifications
which Defence claimed were necessary to meet peculiarly Australian
requirements. Typically, these changes result in uniquely
Australian systems which prove difficult to develop and
maintain.
Most commonly this syndrome, which again is typical of the Collins
submarine program, affects electronic systems. In Defence such
programs are known as 'orphan systems' since they have no close
equivalents in the world....
