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The Single Class Surface Combatant Project is the name given by naval observers for the Royal Canadian Navy procurement project that will replace the and warships in the period beginning 2018–2020 as part of the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy.〔 〕 The project is to be largely designed by Denmark’s Odense Maritime Technology and built by Irving Shipbuilding. The replacement vessels will be somewhat larger than the existing ''Halifax'' class, and presumably provide a wide-area air defence capability, anti-submarine warfare capability, as well as anti-shipping capability. Some analysts believe the Single Class Surface Combatant will "closely resemble" the Danish of frigate. According to some reports, the ships are to be based on the FREMM multipurpose frigate design, with Canadian modifications. ==History== The ''Halifax''-class frigates, often called the "City" class, are named after Canadian cities. There was a suggestion in the late 1990s and early 2000s that the replacement for the ''Iroquois''-class destroyers would be named after Canadian provinces and would be significantly larger and more capable than a frigate (the "Province" class), although this was never confirmed. As the 2000s drew to a close, it became more uncertain as to whether this class would ever be constructed. By the late 2000s, it became known that the Canadian Forces was seeking to build a single new class of frigates or destroyers to replace both the ''Iroquois''-class destroyers and ''Halifax''-class frigates under what the Royal Canadian Navy has called the Single Class Surface Combatant Project (SCSCP). Originally the Flight II ''Halifax''-class ships, starting with , were to have been stretched about . It was speculated that the added space between the forward-mounted gun and bridgework were to have housed a small Mark 41 Vertical Launching System with RIM-161 Standard Missile 3s during the Frigate Life Extension Project (FELEX) mid-life upgrade program. Budget cuts during delivery meant that the Batch 2 ships were instead delivered identical to the earlier examples, which means there is no room for any significant upgrade during FELEX. The navy had investigated adopting the Active Phased Array Radar, leading observers to suggest that APAR and the associated SMART-L would equip the ''Single Class Surface Combatant'' or upgraded ''Halifax''-class ships during the FELEX project. Upgrades to the existing ''Halifax'' class with such a system would likely be difficult since the APAR requires its own mast and might make the ''Halifax''-class design top-heavy.〔(FELEX, The Frigate Life Extension Programme ) 〕 The Department of National Defence (DND) has not identified a procurement timeframe for the replacement of the ''Iroquois'' class; however, it has been reported that design work is underway and a project office and personnel have been assigned. The ''Iroquois'' class was originally scheduled for retirement around 2010 after 40 years in service;〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Canadian Navy )〕 the ships were then expected to have their service lives extended until replacements were commissioned. However three vessels have now been decommissioned due to maintenance costs; the last remaining destroyer is experiencing engine and maintenance issues as of 2015. This will leave the RCN with a significant air warfare capability gap until the replacement vessels are delivered. On 26 October 2012 a letter of interest was published by Public Works and Government Services Canada to announce a session in which interested firms could find out the needs of DND for the new class and the project in general. The closing date was 5 November 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Canadian American Strategic Review )〕 The ships are scheduled to be built starting 2018.〔 On 20 January 2015, it was announced that Irving Shipbuilding had been named the prime contractor for the program. The cost of the program is $26 billion CAD. The role of the lead contractor gives Irving Shipbuilding overall control of the project, and the company had already won the right to build the vessels at its yard in Halifax. This led to questions concerning the bidding process and the awarding of the contracts. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Single Class Surface Combatant Project」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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