BAE Systems has been contracted by the Ministry of Defence to ensure the combat management systems, tactical networks and shared infrastructures aboard 38 Royal Navy platforms will remain ‘available, coherent, safe and secure’.
The Joint Support Solution 2 (JSS 2) programme will maintain high levels of equipment availability, overcome obsolescence, and improve combat systems reliability and flexibility, building on the success of the original Joint Support Solution (JSS) contract signed in 2010 say BAE.
The JSS 2 contract, worth around £200 million, will run until the end of March 2024 and will see around £50 million invested into 27 core suppliers across the UK, including 14 SMEs, for hardware, software and logistical support.
“JSS supported essential combat systems through a dedicated ship support team providing repairs, technology refreshes and spare parts for the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigates, landing platform dock (LPD) and HMS OCEAN, the RFA ARGUS, and Mine Counter Measure Vessels (MCMVs).
JSS 2 extends the support model to deliver the same benefits to the Type 45 destroyers and the Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers.”
Richard Williams, BAE Systems Naval Ships Combat Systems Director, said:
“The Joint Support Solution contract delivered high levels of combat systems availability to the Royal Navy’s fleet and provided the Ministry of Defence’s Maritime Combat Systems team with specialist support. The new JSS 2 contract builds on that pedigree, for more platforms and equipment, and drives greater value from MOD’s investment in the Type 26 Global Combat Ship to achieve fleet-wide combat systems benefit and the Defence Equipment & Support Agency’s Combat Systems Coherence Strategy.”
Sir Simon Bollom, Chief of Materiel (Ships) for Defence Equipment and Support, the MOD’s procurement organisation, said:
“Our surface fleet is made up of some the most advanced and capable fighting ships in the world. HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Navy’s newest and most advanced Aircraft Carrier, will join the fleet soon and the Common Support Model will provide a framework that will deliver effective support to the Royal Navy’s warship fleet at home and around the globe. The innovative, ambitious and far-reaching Common Support Model, which will drive efficiencies and greater availability, has been made possible by the enduring and strong relationships which exist between the Ministry of Defence, the Royal Navy, and our industry partners.”
BAE awarded Defence Contract Shocker…….
Idiot. It was a competed contract.
so you don’t think BAE have a monopoly then MUPPET!
BAE to charge £200 million for downloading a windows update and fitting a new plug shocker….
Moron. Read the article to find out what’s covered.
Ron, your petty jibes highlight your ineptitude…. TWAT
Interesting it’s a 7 year contract and they explicitly mention the LPD in the list (note it’s “landing platform dock” singular not plural possibly reflecting the rotational setup between Albion & Bulwark or maybe just a typo). Probably nothing can really be read into the reference either way since the left hand doesn’t seem to know what the right hand is doing half the time anyway & I suspect at this stage no 100% final decision has been made anyway re LPD future or lack of it.
Sell Ocean, Albion and Bulwark and build one new Karel Doorman style LPD / JSS and 2 FSS? Would this make sense?
Drop in numbers again.
3 FSS for 6 ships. Albion, Bulwark, Ocean, and 3 Forts.
Not a good exchange for me.
Well, agreed but 6 for 6 is not going to happen. But 2 JSS and 2 FSS both crewed as RFA ships might be doable.
4 is a deal!
2 FSS and then 2 FSS that double as amphibs.
Anyone else notice this interesting piece from the MoD? The Japanese while being very polite aren’t ones to just go halfway round the world for a chinwag, tea and biscuits. Or whatever the Japanese versions are …
https://twitter.com/DefenceHQ/status/941704663342120960
Good spot. Why not QE class for Japan in exchange for an Izumo to replace Ocean?
Uh why? Going down three tiers is not greatly positive.
Sorry. Was unclear. I meant we build them a QE class and they build us an Ocean replacement. Or maybe some subs. Anyway a barter arrangement.
Just wondering about Ron5 .. Can he actually ever talk to somebody without being insulting lol
I find his bluntness amusing actually.
Fair enough.. lol