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How we tackled The Brief

The Royal Navy have asked for a ‘frigate’ that can perform a wide variety of duties and is ready to adapt to an uncertain world and the forthcoming technological revolutions.

Our response has been to design for:

Affordability:

Low Through Life Cost by adopting a fuel efficient power and propulsion system and adherence to low manning.

Capability:

A low cost platform to maximise combat systems and mission (aviation, boats) capability within budget.

Adaptability:

Flexibility in the design through ship margins (power, cooling, weight, space) to accommodate in-service capability upgrades and/or modifications for alternative design variants.

Operability and Habitability:

Accommodation, messing and a concept of operations that befits a modern navy.

Supportability:

Attention features that minimise the maintenance and support burden.

Availability:

High levels of reliability through adoption of proven technology.

Safety and Environment:

Compliance with the latest naval standards, notably, NATO ANEP 77 Naval Ship Code and Lloyd’s Register requirements for Naval Classification.

 
 
Leander achieves The right design

Having achieved the right design, we have sought to ensure every £ is spent on capability rather than process. This means we are focusing on:

  • Risk reduction
  • Minimise change and being decisive in our decision-making
  • Being effective and efficient within the project
  • Being commercial in mindset and approaches
  • Tackling unnecessary process
  • Tackling unnecessary complexity
  • Preparing the project groundwork to ensure our readiness
  • Picking good people – relying on professionalism rather than excess process
  • Choosing a quality supply chain
 
Leander achieves The right design

For all visual representation (video & image) of the Leander General Purpose Frigate and its features:
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Having achieved the right design, we have sought to ensure every £ is spent on capability rather than process. This means we are focusing on:

  • Risk reduction
  • Minimise change and being decisive in our decision-making
  • Being effective and efficient within the project
  • Being commercial in mindset and approaches
  • Tackling unnecessary process
  • Tackling unnecessary complexity
  • Preparing the project groundwork to ensure our readiness
  • Picking good people – relying on professionalism rather than excess process
  • Choosing a quality supply chain

For all visual representation (video & image) of the Leander General Purpose Frigate and its features:
Copyright ©2018 BAE Systems.  All Rights Reserved.

Leander Delivers Performance
Offering Unparrelled Flexibility
A wide range of amazing Features

Leander has many noteworthy features. Her bow area can house a choice of medium calibre guns forward of a Sea Ceptor silo. Behind the Bridge is space for a Mark 41 launcher and space for surface attack missiles. The centre section also includes a crane for handling naval materiel and passing logistic loads into the very flexible ‘Mission Bay’ stationed beneath. This ‘Mission Bay’ offers significant boat handing capacity and mission payload configurability. Finally, as the readers stare reaches the aft areas of Leander you’ll be intrigued by the large hangar, flightdeck and the stern handling space design with anti-submarine warfare customisation in mind.

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