RN Destroyers: Type 45 Daring Class

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Parliamentary question reveals HMS Iron Duke LIFEX refit cost whopping £100m (subject to final negotiations with Babcock).

HMS Kent LIFEX - £36M.
HMS Richmond LIFEX including PMGU engine upgrade - £56M
No wonder refitting HMS Westminster a problem.
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?i ... +iron+duke
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HMS Defender showing the dent caused when coming alongside last Sunday. Owing to an incorrect pilot order, the destroyer tapped the dolphin at Kings Stairs.
Photos at - https://twitter.com/AWenham1/status/1675397092154523651
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HMS Defender refit combining upkeep, PIP and addition of Sea Ceptor missiles to cost around £68 Million.

(Note: PIP aspect is already separately funded)
See - https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 4873267200
And - https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?i ... 9.191748.h
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Daring Class Type 45 Air Defence Destroyer HMS Diamond conducts a RAS with Henry J. Kaiser Class Replenishment Oiler USNS Joshua Humphreys on August 2nd, Persian Gulf 2012.
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HMS Dauntless pictured at Cartagena, Colombia on July 13th 2023.
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HMS Dragon floated up in dry dock in Portsmouth yesterday - about half way through major refit and PIP engine upgrade.
See - https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 1613349889

Note patches visible where hull cut open to facilitate the insertion of new engines. Further work in dry dock to come.
See - https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 7678190592
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Sampson Multi Function radar removed during HMS Dragon refit/PIP has returned to Portsmouth by barge following refurbishment by BAES_Maritime at their Cowes facility on the Isle of Wight.

Photos at - https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 31/photo/1
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Refit may have cost c£100million but up close HMS Iron Duke is in immaculate condition and looks like a new ship.
See - https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 7597721989

Defence Suppliers Forum (DSF) and 100 graduates & apprentices on board HMS Iron Duke yesterday to mark the signing of a new alliance between MoD and industry.

A raft of measures to improve collaboration, pace and results including reducing the time taken to pre-contract by 50%.
See - https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 47/photo/1
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Type 45 Air Defence Destroyer HMS Diamond pictured departing HMNB Portsmouth on September 8th 2023.
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In focus – the Royal Navy’s Sampson Radar

Naval radar is a highly technical and sensitive subject but here we provide a basic overview of the world-renowned SAMPSON Multi-Function Radar (MFR) that is integral to the air defence capabilities of the RN’s Type 45 destroyers.

A short history
The UK benefits from a legacy of expertise in radar, having led the world in pioneering its development during WWII. The technical foundations of the SAMPSON radar pre-date the Type 45 destroyers considerably and by the time the last unit was manufactured, represented the culmination of nearly 30 years of research and development.

The MESAR (Multi-function Electronically Scanned Adaptive Radar) programme was a technology demonstrator started in 1982 as a partnership between the MoD (DERA), Roke Manor Research and Plessey. MESAR-1 was an S-band prototype active array multifunction radar which was developed between 1989-1995. This was revolutionary, being the first example of a radar the combined Transmit/Recieve (TxRx) modules and anti-jamming digital adaptive beamforming techniques.

Continues at - https://www.navylookout.com/in-focus-th ... son-radar/

HMS Dragon had her Sampson Multi Function Radar reinstalled yesterday after refurbishment by BAES Maritime at Cowes on the Isle of Wight.
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