豪州海軍：採購通用護衛艦
・日本、韓國、德國向西番賀索取訊息
・2025年入選Sea 3000計劃
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Australia to procure general-purpose frigates:
The Australian Department of Defence sent a request for information to Germany, Spain, Japan and South Korea on May 24th regarding the procurement of general-purpose frigates.
Defense News:
Shipyards in each country are being asked to explain how they will build frigates locally.
Albanese government:
Released analysis of naval restructuring in February this year.
The report calls on the government to “double surface ship capabilities.”
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Specific number of ships to be increased or decreased:
1. Number of Hunter-class frigates to be acquired from 9 to 6,
2. Number of Arafura-class patrol vessels to be acquired reduced from 12 to 6,
3. Large unmanned ships that can also be manned (6 ships)
4. Recommendation to acquire general-purpose frigates (11 ships).
Candidates for general-purpose frigates:
It is assumed that this will be a successor to the Anzac-class frigate.
1. Germany’s MEKO A-200,
2. Spain’s Alfa3000,
3. Japan’s Mogami-class,
4. Korea’s Daegu-class Batch II or Batch III.
Requirements for general-purpose frigates:
The requirements and procurement schedule of the Albanese government are completely unknown.
The report only recommends that “3 ships should be built overseas and 8 ships should be built in Western Australia.”
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Defense News interview:
-Project Sea 3000 (General-purpose frigate procurement project)-
1. Deadline for response to request
Each shipyard was given four weeks to respond to the request.
2. Building frigates in Australia
Each shipyard has been given an additional three weeks to explain how they will build frigates in Australia.
Proposals from each shipyard will be ready by autumn at the latest.
Selection of general-purpose frigate:
1. The selection of the general-purpose frigate will be made in 2025.
2. The first ship built overseas is scheduled to be commissioned in 2030.
Ships 4 to 6:
Ships 4 to 6 will be built in Australia.
1. Ships 4 to 6 will have the same specifications,
2. The specifications for ships 7 and beyond have not yet been decided.
Japan’s Ministry of Defense: (Yomiuri Shimbun report)
Informal discussions have begun with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and others.
1. Will they add the Australian government’s equipment requirements and propose a ‘Mogami-class ship’?
2. The aim is to improve interoperability and deterrence by standardizing Japanese and Australian naval vessels.
This is expected to have an economic impact on the Australian defense industry.
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Australia fast-tracks its hunt for replacement frigates
From Defense News
Selection is expected to occur next year：
with commissioning of the first overseas-built ship to take place in 2030.
The fourth through sixth vessels, built in Australia, are to have an identical baseline.
No decision has been made on the design of the seventh through eleventh frigates.
The Royal Australian Navy’s surface combatant fleet：
will feature a total of nine hulls in 2026, underscoring the looming capability gap before new frigates start arriving.
Shipbuilders approached by Defense News declined to go into detail regarding Australia’s procurement effort.
For example,
German company ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems
confirmed it “participated in the tender” but added that “we’ll not comment on further details of the ongoing process.”
Hyundai Heavy Industries, SK Oceanplant and Hanwha Ocean.
Ongoing construction of six Ulsan-class FFX-III vessels for the South Korean Navy.
It is split between Hyundai Heavy Industries, SK Oceanplant and Hanwha Ocean.
The construction of eight Daegu-class FFX-II ships concluded last year.
In reference to frigate designs：
Australia’s head of naval capabilities told the Combined Naval Event conference in the U.K. on May 23.
the country is using existing designs in order to quicken the introduction of the vessels into the fleet.
Australian weapons, sensors and systems：
However, Australian frigates identical to the aforementioned parent ships raises potential difficulties
— the exemplars have been built for Egypt, Japan, Saudi Arabia and South Korea —
Some of weapons, sensors and systems were chosen by the original customers and could be unfamiliar to the Royal Australian Navy.
Notably, Saab’s 9LV combat management system：
the Australian service uses across its fleet, isn’t incorporated into those ships.
Likewise, the Australian-made CEA Technologies radars are also excluded.