Litoral Combat Ship (LCS)

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Contrato relacionado con el mantenimiento (25/9/2021): https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/ ... e/2788736/

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General Dynamics Mission Systems, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, is awarded a $44,975,584 cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost only modification to previously-awarded contract N00024-20-C-5603 to exercise options for the sustainment of the Littoral Combat Ship Integrated Combat Management System and associated combat system elements. Work will be performed in Pittsfield, Massachusetts (85%); San Diego, California (14%); and Mobile, Alabama (1%), and is expected to be completed by September 2022. Fiscal 2021 operation and maintenance (Navy) $931,000 (52%); fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) $598,956 (34%); and fiscal 2021 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $246,149 (14%) will be obligated at time of award, of which, funds in the amount of $1,529,956 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
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Lecciones del LCS: https://warontherocks.com/2021/11/lesso ... mbat-ship/

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Contrato de mantenimiento (23/11/2021): https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/ ... e/2852757/

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Austal USA LLC, Mobile, Alabama, is awarded a $72,514,406 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for emergent repair and continuous maintenance for littoral combat ships deployed to the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean, and the countries and ports therein. The contract will include a one 24-month base period beginning in January with three additional 12-month option periods, which if exercised, will bring the total value to $215,881,424. Work will begin January 2022 and is expected to be completed by December 2023; if all options are exercised, work will be completed by December 2026. Work will be primarily performed in Singapore with a percentage that cannot be determined at this time in countries and ports within the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean. Fiscal 2022 operation and maintenance funds (Navy) in the amount of $9,185,652 will be obligated to fund the contract’s minimum amount and funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Individual task orders will be subsequently funded with appropriate fiscal year appropriations at the time of their issuance. This contract was competitively procured with the solicitation posted on the beta.sam.gov website, with two offers received. Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka, Site Singapore, is the contracting activity (N40345-22-D-8000).
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Contrato relacionado con las LCS (14/1/2022): https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/ ... e/2900987/

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Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, Virginia, is awarded a $74,723,804 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for non-personal professional support services to support the Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants mission to provide a single program executive responsible for acquiring and maintaining the littoral mission capabilities of the littoral combat ship-class from end to end, beginning with procurement, and ending with fleet employment and sustainment. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $74,723,804. Work will be performed at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.; and in McLean, Virginia. Work is expected to be completed by April 2023. Fiscal 2021 operation and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $427,000 (3%); fiscal 2021 research and development (Department of Defense) funds in the amount of $2,322,000 (14%); fiscal 2022 operation and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $7,203,871 (44%); and fiscal 2022 research and development (DoD) appropriation account funds in the amount of $6,594,352 (40%) will be obligated at time of award, of which $2,118,000 in fiscal 2021 research and development (DoD) funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1) — only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Indiana, is the contracting activity (N0016422CB004).
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Un par de contratos de mantenimiento por un año (25/4/2022): https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/ ... e/3009811/

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Lockheed Martin, Rotary and Mission Systems, Moorestown, New Jersey, was awarded a $106,403,231 cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost only modification to previously awarded contract N00024-20-C-5601 to exercise options for sustainment of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Component Based Total Ship System – 21st Century (COMBATSS-21) and associated Combat System elements. Work will be performed in Moorestown, New Jersey (84%); Camden, New Jersey (5%); Virginia Beach, Virginia (5%); Deer Creek, Colorado (2%); Manassas, Virginia (1%); Orlando, Florida (1%); and various other locations under 1% (2%), and is expected to be completed by April 2023. Fiscal 2021 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $2,264,999 (80%); and fiscal 2022 operations and maintenance (Navy) funding in the amount of $581,373 (20%) will be obligated at time of award and $2,846,372 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Awarded April 20, 2022)
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Huntington-Ingalls Industries - Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, is awarded a $20,172,978 cost-plus-award-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-19-C-4 313 to exercise options for the accomplishment of the planning yard services for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) in-service ships. Work will be performed in Hampton, Virginia (17%); Pascagoula, Mississippi (77%); San Diego, California (3%); and Jacksonville, Florida (3%), and is expected to be completed by April 2023. Fiscal 2021 other procurement (Navy) funding in the amount of $981,964 (5%); and fiscal 2022 other procurement (Navy) funding in the amount of $19,191,014 (95%) will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
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En la propuesta de presupuestos de la US Navy, se anunció la intención de cancelar el módulo de guerra antisubmarina: https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2022/ ... st-breach/

Parece que este paquete no funciona como es esperado. Como consecuencia, se ha cancelado el AN/SQS-62 (sonar calable de Raytheon). Este es uno de los motivos por los que quieren dar de baja prematuramente a nueve unidades. Además, el conjunto de los tres módulos diseñados para el LCS ya han superado el 37% de sobrecoste.

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Más bien lo interpreto como un daño colateral, han fallado tantas cosas básicas, que ya no quedaba más remedio que cargarse los adornos, que por muy bien que funcionen y les queden, el buque ya cojeaba y en el mejor de los casos no los iban a mejorar, simplemente por tener fallos de base enormes.

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Es que el problema es equivocar el concepto desde el principio en areas donde dos dedos de frente lo hubiera evitado.

Por ejemplo teniamos lo de la modularidad, que es la madre del cordero. La idea de la modularidad se suponia que abarataria los barcos porque solo necesitarian llevar el modulo correspondiente y no los demas. En su cabeza sonaba genial y casi en la de cualquiera... hasta que te paras a pensar. Tu solo puedes montar un modulo que exista. Si no existe, no lo puedes montar. Y eso significa que tiene que estar fabricado y esperandote en tierra. O sea, que si tu idea era que si no lo necesitabas, no lo montabas y no habia gasto... pues que no. Porque ese modulo lo tenias que construir igual y tenerlo esperando por si lo necesitabas. Claro que si tu idea era no construir tantos... pues te arriesgabas a necesitarlos y no tenerlos, con lo cual tu flamante buque no te servia para nada. ¡Y eso si que es caro! Al final terminaron construyendo un buque que costaba practicamente igual que un buque plenamente equipado... solo que sin equipar. Terminaron teniendo que sumar, sobre el papel, el precio de construir esos equipamientos de manera modular y de tener instalaciones para almacenaje y montaje. Y digo "sobre el papel" porque al final esos diseños... ya tal. Digamos que "no lo han conseguido".

Y ni siquiera eso es lo mas preocupante.

Lo mas preocupante en realidad es el bajisimo nivel de control de calidad que han tenido estos buques. Se puede aceptar que el desarrollo de una familia de sistemas de armas falle por novedoso, pero lo que es inadmisible es que se falle en tecnologias plenamente probadas como el tema de los motores. Fallar rutinariamente por problemas de control de calidad es un problemon que va a ser la madre de todos los problemas del futuro. Si ni siquiera eres capaz de construir los motores que estan funcionando sin problemas en otros buques... preocupate.

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Manual relacionado con el mantenimiento de los "Water Jets" a raíz de un contrato de mantenimiento del LCS 10, USS GABRIELLE GIFFORDS: https://sam.gov/opp/855f6465c75140e596b ... f38e0/view

El pdf: https://sam.gov/api/prod/opps/v3/opport ... ad?&token=

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Primer LCS que visita nuestro país:

https://www.defensa.com/defensa-naval/primera-vez-llega-base-rota-buque-combate-litoral-us-navy

Se trata del Sioux City, 6ª unidad de la clase Freedom, por lo que le auguro un negro futuro...

Enviado desde mi SM-A715F mediante Tapatalk

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Contrato relacionado con las consolas de los paquetes de misión (20/5/2022): https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/ ... e/3039384/

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Cemtrol Inc.,* Anaheim, California, is awarded a $10,854,371 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for procurement, manufacturing, assembly, and delivery of materiel in support of the Littoral Combat Ship Mission Package Console. Work will be performed in Anaheim, California, and is expected to be completed by May 2027. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $24,650 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the System for Award Management website, with seven offers received. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division, Port Hueneme, California, is the contracting activity (N6339422D0003).
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¿Una pregunta se puede reutilizar algún subsistema para otros buques?

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Esa es una de las ideas.

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Parece que la US Navy se está pensando transferir sus LCS "nominados" a paises aliados: https://news.usni.org/2022/05/26/navy-c ... s-says-cno

También nos vuelve a recordar los problemas principales de la clase Freedom:

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The Freedom-class LCSs have recently experienced two major issues: a class-wide problem with the combining gear that marries the ship’s gas turbines to the diesel engines and difficulty fielding the intended anti-submarine warfare package for the LCS mission module program.
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Son dos mentiras piadosas, primero la clase Freedom no ha experimentado recientemente dos problemas importantes, vienen desde que entraron en servicio, y curiosamente no citan la falta crónica de energía, igual que la transmisión de las turbinas de gas y los diésel y no solo la dificultad de desplegar el módulo ASW, suponiendo que exista, igual que el resto de módulos previstos, que la mayoría se quedó en idea o en la mesa del proyectista.

A ver quien con dos dedos de frente se arriesga a acoger en su seno esas joyas, cuando recientemente declaraban que ni siquiera estas últimas unidades botadas, llevaban solucionado alguno de estos problemas básicos para navegar, sin entrar en los sueños de los módulos de misión, y que precisamente los ahorros generados con las bajas anticipadas servirían para solventar los problemas en las unidades que faltan y reparar los que quedasen en activo.