Procurement of Type 26 and Type 45 combat ships examined

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• Defence Committee

Witnesses

Tuesday 7 June 2016, Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster

At 10.45am

• Rt Hon Lord West of Spithead GCB, DSC, PC, former First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff
• Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope GCB, OBE, DL, former First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff
• Peter Roberts, Senior Research Fellow for Sea Power and Maritime Studies at RUSI

At 11.30am

• John Hudson, Managing Director, BAE Systems plc
• Andrew McKeran, Marine Business Executive, GE Energy Connections - Power Conversion
• Dr Andrew Tyler, Chief Executive Europe, Northrop Grumman
• Tomas Leahy, Director, EMEA Programmes, Naval Marine, Rolls-Royce

At 12.15pm

• Duncan McPhee, Manual Convenor (Scotstoun), Unite

Focus of the session

The Committee seeks to examine:

• The effect on Royal Navy capability of the decision in the 2015 SDSR to reduce the number of the Type 26 Global Combat Ships from 13 to 8 with the expectation that the remaining 5 vessels will be a new class of lighter, flexible general purpose frigates
• An assessment of the impact of the reported delays in the Type 26 programme
• The MoD, Royal Navy and industry decision-making processes in relation to the Integrated Full Electric Propulsion system for the Type 45
• An assessment of the propulsion problems on the Type 45 vessels and the impact on the Royal Navy's ability to conduct its work
• How will the problems with the Type 45 be remedied in the short and long term, including the Project Napier work strands

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