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Naval
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Norway
MOD Seeking Submarine Cooperation With Other Nations for Ula class Replacement |
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Norway is working towards establishing an extensive submarine cooperation
with other nations in order to reduce cost and secure a robust submarine
capability for the future. The current Norwegian Ula-class submarines
will gradually reach their end-of-life in the 2020s. The Ministry of
Defence is currently leading the work looking at procurement of new
submarines. The project is in its definition phase. This phase will
be completed in the first half of 2016, when the external quality review
is completed.
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Norway's
six Ula class submarines were commissioned between 1989 and 1992, designed
for a service life of thirty years. These submarines will be phased
out in the 2020's. In addition to aging, technological advances make
the Ula-class, which is based on design and technology from the 1980’s,
insufficient to meet future, high-tech threats. Picture: RNON |
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The Ministry
of Defence has not chosen a supplier for new submarines, and is at present
in dialogue with several different shipyards. It is therefore important
to inform all parties as equally as possible. The Ministry of Defence
and the project are in active discussions with several different nations
with regards to potential submarine cooperation, with the aim of achieving
the Norwegian ambition for cooperation.
Norway and Germany have already a longstanding and successful submarine
cooperation. Germany is therefore a nation which it is natural for Norway
to discuss a potential future submarine cooperation with. In addition
to operational and purely defence related matters, industry will play
an important part in a future submarine cooperation. The Ministry of
Defence participated in an industrial seminar hosted by the Bundesverband
der Deutschen Sicherheits- und Verteidigungsindustrie e.V (BDSV) in
cooperation with the Norwegian Defence and Security industry Association
(FSi) in Berlin the 8th and 9th of February 2016. State Secretary Øystein
Bø and the National Armaments Director Morten Tiller participated
in the seminar, which focused on the future submarine project and other
defence projects where there is a potential for industrial and defence
related cooperation between Norway and Germany. |
