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This paper describes the current challenges and requirements a designer must meet in designing high capability conventional submarines whilst also striving for affordability. The range of current roles and resulting platform characteristics are discussed highlighting the need for flexibility and adaptability. An overview of the impact of a sample of performance and payload requirements on whole platform design on a number of concept configurations is presented. This has illustrated the difficulty of maintaining inherent SSK advantages such as low cost and littoral compatibility whilst accommodating new demands from communication and offboard vehicle deployment systems, increased special operations capabilities and achieving a high range capability. An indicative submarine design, the Vidar-36 is proposed to meet these challenges, offering balanced performance through the incorporation of proven technologies, modularity and open architectures resulting in a submarine that is available, adaptable and affordable but also highly capable.
https://www.bmtdsl.co.uk/media/6097771/BMTDSL-Designing-SSKs-Vidar-Confpaper-UDTPacific-Oct08.pdf
This paper describes the current challenges and requirements a designer must meet in designing high capability conventional submarines whilst also striving for affordability. The range of current roles and resulting platform characteristics are discussed highlighting the need for flexibility and adaptability. An overview of the impact of a sample of performance and payload requirements on whole platform design on a number of concept configurations is presented. This has illustrated the difficulty of maintaining inherent SSK advantages such as low cost and littoral compatibility whilst accommodating new demands from communication and offboard vehicle deployment systems, increased special operations capabilities and achieving a high range capability. An indicative submarine design, the Vidar-36 is proposed to meet these challenges, offering balanced performance through the incorporation of proven technologies, modularity and open architectures resulting in a submarine that is available, adaptable and affordable but also highly capable.
https://www.bmtdsl.co.uk/media/6097771/BMTDSL-Designing-SSKs-Vidar-Confpaper-UDTPacific-Oct08.pdf