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Specifications very scarce at this stage from what I can gather, but a new, much larger 'Vigilance-100' design by VARD has emerged for the Canadian 'Continental Defence Corvette' program to replace their 'Kingston class 'coastal defence vessels'. I understand this is a R.A.N forum but we speculate about foreign OPV designs all the time, in particular as of late, the forthcoming large, low-crew JMSDF design.
An older article somewhat detailing the 'Vigilance-75' flight I & II designs to illustrate how the design has evolved over time, presumably from continuing input from the RCN. Even this was a promising design for a ship presumably a little smaller than the Arafura class.
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An older article somewhat detailing the 'Vigilance-75' flight I & II designs to illustrate how the design has evolved over time, presumably from continuing input from the RCN. Even this was a promising design for a ship presumably a little smaller than the Arafura class.
Vard: Vigilance and expectations
The Vigilance concept continues a long line of waiting for something that won't exist
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The new 100 design looks like a mini 054B.Specifications very scarce at this stage from what I can gather, but a new, much larger 'Vigilance-100' design by VARD has emerged for the Canadian 'Continental Defence Corvette' program to replace their 'Kingston class 'coastal defence vessels'. I understand this is a R.A.N forum but we speculate about foreign OPV designs all the time, in particular as of late, the forthcoming large, low-crew JMSDF design.
An older article somewhat detailing the 'Vigilance-75' flight I & II designs to illustrate how the design has evolved over time, presumably from continuing input from the RCN. Even this was a promising design for a ship presumably a little smaller than the Arafura class.
Vard: Vigilance and expectations
The Vigilance concept continues a long line of waiting for something that won't exist
Not much info atm.
Crew requirement obviously the key, that's the greatest aspect of the Japanese design, 30 crew for its size is absurd compared to what else is on offer.
The Vard 75 flight I crew size is also 20-30. Flight II probably more.
The 100m OPV by vard(likely the same/similar hull used for the vigilance 100.) has a core crew of 60-80.
What's the chances of cascading the CEAFAR, Mk41s, etc onto the big ships? Seems a logical step with the equipment becoming available. Choules recently had a radar installed so surely there's space for a launcher?
OldTex
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But the SWAP (space, weight and power) is just one of the considerations. There is also the weapon magazine, fire suppression, CMS, manning (operators and maintainers) and others to be considered.
The big ships and the OPVs have the same core CMS as the ANZACs and my original post was about the ADL, basically a slant deck housing for Mk-41 missile canisters.