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Just looking at the renderings it appears both the Alison and Navantia include (2) RAM launchers each while the BAE submission has none. Can we assume the renderings match the bids to that level of detail?

Thank you MTShaw....  :cheers:

Navantia is only bidder to have not yet released a rendering publicly, correct?

My apologies if this was covered already but how would the additional Australian Aircraft be deployed? Are they adding a new squadron? Or adding airframes to existing squadrons? Thanks in advance, Matthew.

To GR66, I wonder if you skip most of the development costs and see if you could drop an Absolon superstructure onto that hull? Not sure on how the beams compare as I know the Absalons are pretty wide ships. Anyone know that level of detail on the contenders?

The Chinese are preparing for just that tactic and it's likely other potential threats from Russia to Iran to Turkey will develop similar tactics.  Even if you're going to.go.with the FFBNW route, with the dollars being invested, the  maximum number of cells that could be installed should take...

Considering the talk about potential adversaries focusing on swarm attacks, I agree with you.  It seems very short-sighted.

Read the same article in the news. *DS edit: Due to site guidelines. Unless the design is non-compliant, I'm not sure how you turn down $30 billion is savings. That is a ton of money to address other gaps.... Even from the Navy's own viewpoint, if they didn't want to cut corners on the SCC...

Thanks Underway for correction on Type 26 propulsion....Matthew.

The devil is always in the details.  The Daring Class appears to be the poster child for 'new' designs that once constructed were found to have major design flaws which were not identified pre-build That clean sheet risk (especially from BAE) makes me wary of the Type 26 baseline. On the...

Irving can't build airplanes, can they?  :orly:

Does anyone know if they've now cleared the minimum financial stability requirements of the original NSPS spec's?

Can someone elaborate as to why Davie was locked out? It seems questionable at best to restrict the bidding on such a massive project to only (2) shipyards, as there is so much room for collusion/price fixing, and which then gives government negotiators zero leverage.

I think underestimating the threat that NK is becoming, is very short-sighted. From a capability standpoint, most reports are indicating he's less than 18-months from being able to hit British Columbia with either a tactical nuke or biological. Strategically, if he's looking for a country to...

That is the first corporate video where I have ever heard them use the term "bullshit"....and I loved it.  :nod:

I'm frankly shocked by the lack of urgency to get this defensive measure deployed on the West Coast.  I can see Little Kim taking a shot at us first as we don't have our own nukes to respond. 

I thought I had read they bumped the bid submission date again to Nov 30, 2017 and was checking in on updates. Anyone? 

So they're still forging ahead with the 'interim fighter' purchase even after moving up the new RFP for the larger replacement program? That seems odd.... Bargaining chip in NAFTA Negotiations?

Just circling back to timeline, it looks like bids are all still due on November 17, 2017 (after third extension), but the official project website is still showing approval as June 2017.  Anyone know what the updated approval target date is? Cheers, Matthew. 

Boeing deserves to be placed in the penalty box for a long time over this.  So glad it has blown up in their faces.