잠수함 프랑스 나발 그룹, 네덜란드의 신형 잠수함 건조사로 선정

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https://cafe.daum.net/NTDS/51Tv/1262

네덜란드, 왈루스급 1번함 퇴역, 후속함은 2024년 결정

네덜란드의 왈루스급 후속으로 4척 건조 예정인 잠수함 건조사로 프랑스 나발 그룹이 선정됐습니다. 계약 규모는 공개되지 않았으나, 사업 예산은 2039년까지 56억 유로 (61억 달러)가 투입된다고 합니다.

이 잠수함은 나발 그룹의 바라쿠다형 잠수함에 기반해 건조될 예정이나, 프랑스 해군이 운용하는 4,500톤급 수프랑급보다 경량화된 3,000톤급 잠수함으로 건조될 예정이고 토마호크 순항미사일이 탑재될 것입니다. 

네덜란드 조선소도 파트너로 끼어 있는데, 일감을 어느 정도까지 나눠 가질지는 기사엔 실려있지 않네요.

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/03/frances-naval-group-picked-to-build-4-barracuda-class-subs-for-dutch-military/

France's Naval Group picked to build 4 Barracuda-class subs for Dutch military - Breaking Defense

France’s Naval Group picked to build 4 Barracuda-class subs for Dutch military

A precise cost for the submarines was not provided, but the Ministry of Defense told parliamentarians in a letter that the "investment budget" is €5.6 billion ($6.1 billion).

By   CHRISTINA MACKENZIEon March 18, 2024 at 1:24 PM

Concept art of a Barracuda-class submarine by France’s Naval Group. (Naval Group)

PARIS — France’s Naval Group and its Dutch partner, Royal IHC, have been selected by the outgoing Dutch government to build four Barracuda-class diesel-electric submarines to replace the Royal Netherland Navy’s three aging Walrus-class boats, according to statements from Naval Group and the Dutch and French governments.

A precise cost for the four submarines, which will be named Orka, Zwaaardvis (swordfish), Barracuda and Tijgerhaai (tiger shark) and be built in Cherbourg, France, was not provided, but the Ministry of Defense told parliamentarians in a letter that the “investment budget,” which covers construction and other costs up to 2039, is €5.6 billion ($6.1 billion).

The Royal Netherlands Navy Barracudas will come in a 3,000 tonne (3,307 ton) version compared to the 4,500 tonne (4,960 ton) Barracuda-class of the French Navy whose first boat, the Suffren, has been operational since June 2022. The Dutch subs will carry US-made Tomahawk missiles.

The first two boats for the Netherlands should be operational between 2034 and 2037, with their Tomahawks providing a “niche capability within NATO and the EU,” a spokesperson for Dutch State Secretary of Defense  Christophe Van der Maat told Breaking Defense in a statement last August.

“This award decision concludes a stringent selection process and opens a period of exclusive discussions leading to the signature of a contract,” Naval Group said in its announcement Friday.

Chairman and CEO Pierre Éric Pommellet said Naval Group is “extremely honored to have been selected by the Netherlands following a hard competition and to be involved in this project of strategic importance. The Barracuda family submarine will provide the Royal Netherlands Navy with extended leading-edge capabilities satisfying the requirements set by the Netherlands Ministry of Defense.”

Naval Group was in competition with the Dutch-Swedish consortium Damen-Saab and Germany’s Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, who all answered the Dutch governments call for tender in 2017. The initial estimated investment at the time was €2.5 billion ($2.73 billion), Dutch daily De Telegraaf reported.

According to the English-language Dutch media, NL Times, Van der Maat said the French company made the best offer. “That means they will build the best boat for the best price,” he is quoted as saying. “In addition, a large role has been put aside for our own industry […] pertaining to the construction and the maintenance.”

Naval Group specified in its statement that “an ambitious industrial cooperation plan […] will involve Naval Group’s existing network of Dutch partners on key systems and components, ensuring that the Netherlands ecosystem develops and retains expertise and involvement over the submarine life cycle.”

A Dutch subsidiary of France’s Naval Group, called Naval Group Netherlands, was formed in 2017 to strengthen collaboration with its 50 or so Dutch partners, some of which the French group has been working with since the mid-1970s.

The statement adds that “we intend to grow that cooperation further and we thank all of our Dutch partners for their support and dedication during the selection phase.”

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The decision to award the Replacement Netherlands Submarine Capability Program (RNSCP) to Naval Group has been greeted with considerable dismay by the Dutch maritime industry and some politicians who fear that the “Dutch maritime industry will be left destitute,” De Telegraaf reported.

But Economics Affairs Minister Monique “Micky” Adriaansens stressed that Dutch shipyards would be involved. She explained in a statement that while “our shipyards can build excellent surface ships themselves, […] unfortunately we have not had any Dutch navy yards that can design and build submarines themselves for more than 25 years.” She said that local industries would greatly benefit from the knowledge they would acquire working on the submarine project, and this alone was worth “billions.”

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1980-1990년대까지 유럽에서 디젤/전기추진 잠수함은 영국, 프랑스, 독일, 스웨덴, 네덜란드, 이탈리아가 만들었는데

이제는 프랑스, 독일, 스웨덴이 남고 새로 스페인이 들어왔네요.

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역시 방산은 자국 수요가 받쳐줘야 살아남네요. 프랑스도 자국 수요 없었으면 호주에서 사업 취소됐을 때 사업 기반이 다 날아갔겠죠.