Hey John and others offcourse ,it seems like the PBO rapport is out,about the surface combatants.
Sjeez what are they buying 6(or is it 15) starships???
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The Cost of Canada’s Surface Combatants
1 June 2017
Get the report
The Cost of Canada’s Surface Combatants.pdf
http://www.pbo-dpb.gc.ca/web/default/files/Documents/Reports/2017/CSC Costing/CSC_EN.pdf
Summarybq
The objective of this report is to provide a cost estimate of the CSC program. This estimate includes costs resulting from development, production, spare parts, ammunition, training, government program management and upgrades to existing facilities. It does not include costs associated with the operation, maintenance and mid-life refurbishment of the ships [emphasis added], other than the spare parts that will be purchased when the ships are built.
There are two primary cost drivers for surface combatants: the ship’s weight and the combat system. The weight of surface combatants has been increasing, while their combat systems have become more and more complex, both factors driving up their cost.
Assumptions which the PBO used for it estimation were:
Contract awarded in 2018
Construction starts in 2021
15th ship delivered in 2041
CSC based on an existing design with 5,400 tons used as the reference lightship weight [emphasis added]
Total program cost in FY2017 dollars is estimated to be $39.94 billion or $61.82 billion in then-year dollars. The original budget for the CSC was $26.2 billion (from 2008 and under review) [emphasis added] and it is estimated to buy six ships...
The Cost of Canada?s Surface Combatants