report<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cPrime location. Optimising submarine sustainment in Australia\u201d by AITI Director Professor John Spoehr and Dr Ann-Louise Hordacre found there is enormous strategic value in the mature naval shipbuilding and sustainment ecosystem at Osborne.<\/p>\nIt finds Western Australia does not have experience in submarine Full Cycle Docking (FCD) \u2013 which involves cutting submarines in two to remove engines and then re-welding \u2013 and would require a transfer of skills from SA, training scholarships, relocation costs, increased reliance on fly-in-fly-out (FIFO)workers and incur substantial duplication expenses.<\/p>\n
The report states that assembling the necessary capability to effectively execute major naval ship and submarine upgrades is challenging, and that \u201crisks are magnified at sites where a critical mass of advanced naval shipbuilding skills and a mature supply chain are not in place\u201d.<\/p>\n
It is calculated it would cost $293 million to equip WA\u2019s Henderson site for FCD, and another $251 million in duplicated wages, would be incurred during the transfer of work. Training costs would be some $29 million and FIFO costs would exceed $16 million.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe case for relocation of Collins Class FCD to Western Australia has not been accompanied by evidence of any benefit to the nation,\u201d the report says.<\/p>\n
The report summarises that \u201crelocation is likely to erode significant operational gains achieved by the FCD program at Osborne.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe evidence available suggests that risks associated with relocation are unacceptable and that the costs would be substantially higher.<\/p>\n
\u201cA prudent course of action would be to strengthen the existing division of sustainment responsibilities between Osborne and Henderson. The case for maintaining all FCD at Osborne is overwhelming and the case for relocation to Henderson is unfounded.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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