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by Peter Yule


  95–6

  on ship control and management

  submarine proposal, see Type 2000

  system, 217

  submarine design

  on trials process, 212, 214

  Australian Submarine Corporation

  Anderson, R. W. C., 14

  (ASC), 326

  anechoic tiles, 141, 177–80, see also

  board, 121–2, 314

  noise

  consortium, 112, 119, 181

  Armarego, Paul, 261, 273, 288,

  contract agreed, 112–4

  295

  design authority, 313, 329

  ASC Engineering, 146–7, 149

  design office, 136–7

  Asker, Eoin

  dispute on periscope vibration, 231

  confident of solutions, 271,

  financial reserves and dividends,

  277

  185–6

  on fuel supply system, 223

  future after completion of

  on Kockums, 263

  construction, 259

  on noise requirements, 227

  Government purchase, 310, 311–15,

  on periscope optics, 232

  see also ownership (below)

  project director, 260–1, 298

  hull construction, 147–9

  on Type 2400A, 65

  maintenance tender, 258–9

  Astute, HMS, 321

  morale, 290

  Atkinson, Jack, 123, 162, 163

  move to Osborne, 142

  Auditor-General (Australia), report on

  new skills, 328

  submarine project 1992, 185–7

  opposes combat system contract,

  Australia-US alliance, 55

  156–7

  Australian Defence Industries, 142

  overseas sales bid, 202

  Australian Fibre Optic Research,

  ownership, 282, 311, 315, see also

  183

  Government purchase (above)

  349

  350

  I N D E X

  Australian Submarine Corporation

  defence policy, 96

  (ASC) ( cont.)

  establishes ministerial liaison

  payments for fast-track, 291

  committee, 53

  project management and planning,

  industrial relations at Osborne, 128

  122, 143

  leaves Defence portfolio, 265

  propellers reworked, 230

  names submarines, 147

  reaction to collision in trials, 214

  project budget, 97

  relations between partners, 120–1,

  project schedule, 187

  181–2

  role in project, 54, 55–6, 74, 89

  Kockums, 202, 289, 313, 314

  on sales to Canada, 201

  relations with capability team, 290,

  surprised at result of evaluation, 109

  297

  target of Coalition attacks on project,

  relations with Howard government,

  263, 266, 276, 277, 278, 286,

  266

  326

  relations with project office, 260–1,

  visit to Sweden, 81

  289

  Benell, Bo, 316

  relations with Rockwell, 160,

  Bennett, Fred, 81, 84, 113–14

  198–200

  Berger, Jim, 123

  response to McIntosh-Prescott report,

  BHP

  284

  micro-alloy steel, 145, 167

  role in trials process, 218–19

  report on construction of Oberons

  security issues, 125

  1963, 15

  set up, 80

  research, 169

  ship control and management system,

  scepticism on local production, 47

  162

  BHP Engineering, 78, 80, 102

  staff and workforce, 122–4, 194–7

  Bisalloy, 169, 170

  sub-contracts, 124–7, see also

  Bjelke-Petersen, Joh, 101

  individual companies

  Blewett, Neal, 201

  submarine proposal, see Type 471

  Blixt, Kurt, 129, 264

  submarine design

  Blohm & Voss, response to tender

  taxation, 187

  request, 61

  tender lodged, 100

  Boeing, 158, 250–1, 260

  Australia–US co-operation agreement,

  Bond, Alan, 183

  307

  Boral, 146

  automation, in Type 471 design, 131

  Bowen, Lionel, 115

  Ayers, Tony, 199, 268–9

  Bowler, Peter, 83

  Bowman, Frank ‘Skip’, 302, 305

  Babst, Martin, 249

  Brabin-Smith, Richard, 268

  Bannon, John, 45

  Briggs, Peter

  campaign to build submarines in SA,

  accused of corruption, 302

  50, 87

  appointed to head ‘fast track’ team,

  industrial relations at Osborne, 128

  259, 286, 288

  support for Swedish proposal, 115

  on augmented combat system, 294

  Barbel class submarines, 13

  on Cabinet approval of ‘get-well’

  Barr & Stroud, 231, 232, see also

  program, 288

  periscopes

  on combat system, 35, 299–300

  Barratt, Paul

  on fixed-price contract, 324

  McIntosh-Prescott report, 276, 278,

  Government purchase of ASC shares,

  282

  312

  and Moore, 276, 285

  looks to US for assistance, 311–12

  on submarine project, 268, 271,

  on manpower crisis, 291

  275–7

  on Oberon upgrade, 23

  Barrie, Chris, 275–6

  Ohff’s view on, 297

  Bath Iron Works, 122

  on RAN refusal to accept Waller, 273

  Bathurst class minesweepers, 9

  replacement combat system, 292–8,

  Batten, John, 30, 93, 147

  309

  batteries, see Pacific Marine Batteries

  retires, 298

  Beazley, Kim

  on sale of shares to HDW, 311

  ASC contract, 101, 114, 152

  on ship control system, 106

  and Carlsson, 82

  success in gaining funds, 297

  I N D E X

  351

  SWSC, 24

  begins fabrication of steel, 143

  on technology upgrades and

  hull components, 148

  contracts, 294–5

  planning systems, 122

  on Waller’s exercise performance,

  Ching, Graeme, 86, 119, 123

  296, see also Submarine

  Christensson, G öran, 124, 149

  Capability Team

  Ciba-Geigy, 179

  Brisbane, HMAS, 5

  Clark, Bob

  Brown, Bob, 288

  on combat system, 248

  Buchanan Aircraft Corporation, 143

  relations with US and UK researchers,

  bulkheads, 139, 148, 149

  252

  Bull, Peter, 90, 93

  on replacement combat system, 308

  Bunge Industrial Steels, 48

  Singer Librascope liaison team, 159

  Bunke, P är

  on SWSC, 25

  on ASC financial performance, 185,

  Clarke, Peter, 228, 262, 264, 297

  187

  Clarkson, Sir William, 7–8

  on insurance issue, 185

  classified information

  on schedule delays, 188

  exchange between Australia and

  supports defaulting Rockwell, 199

  Sweden
, 81, see also Sweden,

  Button, John, 57, 79, 82

  security issues

  meets Sprimont, 57

  Clayton Utz, 316

  role in submarine project, 54, 56–7

  Climas, Peter, 237

  on Sweden, 42

  Cockatoo Island Dockyard

  bid to build new submarines, 27, 45,

  C class submarines, 5

  88

  cabling, electrical, 140–1, 150

  bid to build Oberons, 15, 17–18

  Cairns, Jim, 14

  and HDW, 77

  Callow, Don, 124, 195, 290

  history, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11

  Campbell, George, 42

  industrial relations, 51, 53

  Campbell, Graham, 83

  method of construction, 49

  Canada

  Oberon upgrade and refits, 18–19,

  local submarine building, 7

  23, 46

  overseas sales prospects, 201, 203

  ties to Vickers, 40–1, 60

  Canham, Rick, 90, 135, 203

  Cocking, Janis, 241

  Cantieri Navali Riuniti (submarine

  Collins, HMAS

  builder), 60

  anechoic tiles not fitted at launch,

  tender evaluation, 64

  179

  Carl Gustav weapon system, 80

  collision with ASC ship lift, 213–14

  Carlsson, Roine, 82, 126

  combat system, 252, 253

  Carmichael, Laurie, 42

  commissioned, 217

  Carter, Tony, 30

  crew, 206

  cavitation, see propeller, cavitation

  blamed for problems during trials,

  Celsius (company), 185

  214, see also training, crew

  Chalmers, Don

  ‘first of class’ deficiencies, 215

  on Boeing, 250

  full-cycle docking, 316

  confident of solutions, 271

  launch, 189, 193, 209

  on John Moore, 277

  construction continues, 193

  on propeller cavitation, 229

  named, 147

  on RAN refusal to accept Waller, 272

  noise tests in US, 297

  role in project, 268–9

  provisional acceptance, 271

  term not extended, 285, 287

  rollout ceremony, 151

  and US Navy, 270, 271

  schedule delays, 188–9, 193

  Chantiers Dubigeon (submarine

  trials, see trials process, Collins

  builders)

  Collins, Mary, 201

  approached by Eglo, 40

  combat system

  tender, 60, 64, 71

  architecture, 91, 153–4

  Charpy test, 175

  ASC moves to default Rockwell, 160

  Chicago Bridge & Iron (CBI), 120

  augmentation program, 270, 292–4

  and ASC, 78–9, 144, 181–2

  budget, 97–8

  shareholding, 182

  computer language, see Ada

  sub-contract, 125

  (computer language)

  352

  I N D E X

  combat system ( cont. )

  Creswell, William, 4

  contractual arrangements, 156–7,

  CSIRO, 166

  245, 250

  custom hardware, 155–6

  Dale, Chris, 24

  definition study evaluation, 107–9

  Dalrymple, Gordon, 22

  DSTO role, 251–3

  Dalrymple, Harry, 63

  failures, 160, 220, 234, 253, 325

  on combat system language, 68

  effect on crew morale, 247

  contract negotiations, 112

  integration, 152–3, 159

  project definition study, 73

  with sonar, 245

  tender evaluation, 67, 101

  with submarine, 108–9

  David, Al, 249

  McIntosh-Prescott report, 281–2, 284

  Davis, Geoff, 79

  open architecture options, 252

  ASC Chairman, 80, 121, 183

  processors, 155

  on ASC sub-contracts, 125

  release, 244–5, 246–7, 252, 260

  campaign to build submarines in

  replacement, see replacement combat

  NSW, 88

  system

  on contract payments, 185

  requirements, 34–5, 36

  Kockums consortium

  reviews, 245, 247–8

  lodges submarine tender, 100

  software, 157–8, see also Computer

  on Wormald International, 120

  Sciences of Australia

  Davis, Phil, 229, 269, 307, 322

  staged delivery, 244

  de Morton, Maurice, 236

  SWSC role in design, 154–5

  Deakin, Alfred, 4

  technological change, 248

  Dechaineux, HMAS

  tender evaluation, 68–71, 73–4

  combat system augmentation

  trials process, 211–12, 213, 215, 216

  program, 270

  US assistance, 270, see also Rockwell

  construction, 257

  Ship Systems Australia

  departure to Stirling, 298

  Combat Systems Research Centre, 252

  fast-track program, 288

  Compton, Lyndon, 46

  named, 147

  Computer Sciences Corporation,

  vibration tests, 242

  249–50

  Defence Acquisitions Organisation, 324

  Computer Sciences of Australia

  Defence, Department of

  on combat system architecture, 245

  Forces Structure Committee, 28, 58,

  combat system software, 157–8

  74

  combat system tender evaluation, 68

  opposition to project, 326

  defaulted by Rockwell, 249

  preference for overseas-sourced

  sold to Computer Sciences

  equipment, 46, 58–9

  Corporation, 249–50

  SEA1114 project office, see project

  takes over writing software, 98

  office

  testing of combat system, 159, 244–5

  Defence Science and Technology

  Concrete Constructions Pty Ltd, 128

  Organisation (DSTO), 166–7

  construction sub-contracts, 142–4, see

  combat system, 251–3, 292

  also individual companies

  diesel engines, 240–1

  contract

  influence on submarine project, 328

  fixed-price, 323–5

  noise reduction, 235–40

  interpretation, 198

  passive sonar, 176–7

  negotiations, 109–14

  replacement combat system, 301,

  payments to ASC, 185–7

  302, 307

  requirements, 197–8, 226, 324

  steel and welding, 148, 167–77, see

  signature, 114, 119

  also Materials Research

  Contract Monitoring and Control

  Laboratory

  System (CMAC), 93–4

  Dibb, Paul, 55, 97

  Cook, Henry, 12

  Dibb Report, see Review of Australia’s

  Cook, Joseph, 7

  Defence Capabilities

  Cooper, Colin, 154, 251, 252

  Dickens, John, 240

  Cooper, Orm, 35, 45

  Dicker, Ron

  corruption allegations, 114, 302

  combat system design, 154, 160

  Creaser, Roger, 252

  on periscope optics, 232

  I N D E X

  353

  preliminary design baseline review, 94

  role in project, 311–12

  on propeller cavitation, 231r />
  submarine construction, 49–50,

  recruited by ASC, 123

  319–20

  on Rockwell sub-contract, 125

  electronic surveillance equipment,

  and Signaal, 107, 111

  294

  on TI338 regime, 262

  Elliston, David, 30, 316

  diesel engines

  explosion bulge test, 167

  DSTO research, 240–1

  excessive vibrations, 224

  Fairlie, Bruce, 237

  exhaust contribution to noise, 240

  Farncomb, HMAS, 20

  fast-track program, 291–2

  anechoic tiles, 179

  fuel consumption, 225

  combat system, 248, 253

  generic problems for class, 222–5

  diesel engines, 292

  problems identified in trials, 212, 220

  named, 147

  in Type 471 design, 126, 132–3, see

  provisional acceptance, 271

  also Hedemora

  schedule delays, 189

  Dikkenberg, John

  trials process, see trials process,

  on combat system, 248–9

  Farncomb

  on McIntosh-Prescott report, 282

  Farrow, Rod, 157

  on periscope vibration, 231

  fast-track design and building program

  presents report on current

  (initial construction), 144

  performance, 220

  ‘fast track’ program (‘get well’ process),

  on replacement combat system choice,

  see Dechaineux, HMAS,

  306

  fast-track program; Sheean,

  Rockwell liaison team, 90, 92, 98

  HMAS, fast-track program;

  Dillon, Don, 203

  Submarine Capability Team

  dispute resolution mechanisms, 324

  Fayle, Rod, 21

  distributed architecture, see combat

  on Beazley, 56, 74

  system, architecture

  development of requirements, 31,

  Dixon, Brian, 175

  32

  Duncan, Jim, 44

  on Hughes, 86

  argues against existing dockyards,

  preliminary design baseline review,

  51

  95

  campaign for local production, 58,

  project office staff, 30

  88

  Signaal liaison team, 90, 91–2, 96,

  on Defence Department delays, 74

  159

  industrial relations at Osborne, 51

  and Sprimont, 62

  and Kockums, 50, 56

  SWSC director, 24

  Dunne, Mick, 228, 278–80, 282

  on trade union support for local

  production, 53

  E class submarines, 5, 6

  on Type 2400A, 65

  Edwards, Martin, 123

  Ferranti Computer Systems, 68, 69

  leads ASC design office, 136

  Ferrostaal AG, 60–1

  on McIntosh-Prescott report, 284

  fire control system, see Singer

  on quality of maintenance, 258

  Librascope

  sent to Kockums, 135

  ‘first of class’ deficiencies, see Collins,

  Eglo Engineering, 37–8

  HMAS, ‘first of class’ deficiencies

  HDW project definition study

  Fisher, Sir John, 4, 5

  consortium, 76–8, 262

  Four corners (television program),

 

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