[Sweden]: Tendering for Amphibious Assault Ship

[Connor]

Government of Sweden
Löfven Administration

Security Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Document Classification and Security Act 2013​

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The Swedish Royal Navy is looking to acquire a number of Amphibious Assault Ships.

The tendering process has opened in order to purchase Amphibious Assault Ships appropriate for use within the Swedish Royal Navy for the development of air capability within the Department for Defence. Whilst specifications are not being defined at this time, the vessel should be capable of housing at least fifteen (15) aircraft onboard. Organisations and governments globally are encouraged to tender their equipment with the anticipation of bulk purchase by the Kingdom of Sweden upon awarding of the construction and production contract. Please ensure that vessel specifications and, if possible, photographs are provided with your tender.

Please note that there is no legal requirement for equipment to be advertised in public forum, encrypted and private tendering is accepted - your security classification will be respected in any and all correspondence. Any queries should be forwarded to the Swedish Department for Defence.

Regards,
Defence Materiel Administration
Swedish Department for Defence
Kingdom of Sweden

 

[Wow41]

Message is Encrypted and Secure​ From: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kono Taro To: Swedish Department for Defence CC: Ministry of Defense, Takeshi Iwaya Greetings The Japanese Government would offer the following 2 Amphibious Assault Ships For the Swedish Royal Navy. Hyuga-class Helicopter Destroyer Displacement: 13,950 tons standard; 19,000 tons full load Length:197 m (646 ft)Beam:33 m (108 ft)Draft:7 m (23 ft) Propulsion: COGAG, 4 Ishikawajima Harima/General Electric LM2500-30gas turbines Two shafts 5-bladed CP props 100,000 shaft horsepower (75 MW) Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) Sensors and processing systems: ATECS (advanced technology command system) OYQ-10 advanced combat direction system FCS-3 AAW system OQQ-21 ASW system NOLQ-3C EW system OPS-20C surface search radar Armament: 16 cells Mk 41 VLS 16 ESSM 12 RUM-139 VL ASROC 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × triple 324 mm torpedo tubes 12.7mm MG Aircraft carried: 18 aircraft maximum Aviation facilities: Flight deck and enclosed hangar Price Per Vessel is 950,000,000$ Izumo-class Helicopter Destroyer Displacement: 19,500 tonnes empty 27,000 tons full load Length: 248 m (814 ft) Beam:38 m (125 ft) Draft:7.5 m (25 ft) Depth:33.5 m (110 ft) Installed power:112,000 hp (84,000 kW) Propulsion: COGAG, two shafts 4 × GE/IHI LM2500IEC gas turbine Speed:30 kn (56 km/h) Sensors and processing systems: ATECS (advanced technology command system) OYQ-12 combat direction system OPS-50 AESA radar OPS-28 surface-search radar OQQ-23 bow sonar Electronic warfare & decoys: NOLQ-3D-1 EW suite Mark 36 SRBOC Anti-torpedo mobile decoy (MOD) Floating acoustic jammer (FAJ) Armament: 2 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × SeaRAM CIWS Aircraft carried: 28 aircraft maximum Price per vessel is 1,300,000,000$ We look forward to hearing from you soon. Kind Regards Kono Taro Ministry of Foreign Affairs People's Democratic Unitary Republic of Japan

@Connor

 

[Connor]

Government of Sweden
Löfven Administration

Security Classification: TOP SECRET
Document Classification and Security Act 2013
Encrypted by the Swedish Security Service​

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Dear Kono Taro,

Please note the security classification attached to this correspondence.

I would like to extend my gratitude to the People's Democratic Unitary Republic of Japan for the offers you have provided. You'll be pleased to hear that we are very interested in the purchase of two Izumo-Class Helicopter Destroyers with the intention to increase this in the near future with a potential further sale.

However we would like to establish further statistics on the global use of this vessel for national security reasons:-
Are you able to confirm all nations globally that currently operate this vessel and your intentions for further sales in the international arena?
Is there any possibility of restricting this vessel in the interest of preserving both Japanese and Swedish national security and technological superiority?
Are there any restrictions that we need to be aware of in regards to this equipment?

I look forward to your imminent response.

Regards,
Göran Mårtensson
General Director of the Defence Materiel Administration
Swedish Department for Defence
Kingdom of Sweden

@king4turtle

 

[Wow41]

Message is Encrypted and Secure​ From: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kono Taro To: Swedish Department for Defence CC: Ministry of Defense, Takeshi Iwaya Greetings Thank you for choosing us. For security reasons we cannot tell you which other country is using the Izumo Class. There are 2 countries using the vessel We are more than willingly to restrict the sale for the Izumo Class to any other country for the security reasons. There are two restrictions. The first one is that if you wish to modify the Izumo Class you have to contact the Japanese government The second restriction is that won't be used against us. The price for the 2 Izumo Class Helicopter Destroyer would be in total 2,600,000.00$ + (60,000,000$ to Classifying the order that would be a grand total of 2,660,000,000$) The Production will start once the funds have been transferred to Japan. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Kind Regards Kono Taro Ministry of Foreign Affairs People's Democratic Unitary Republic of Japan

@Connor

 

[Connor]

Government of Sweden
Löfven Administration

Security Classification: TOP SECRET
Document Classification and Security Act 2013
Encrypted by the Swedish Security Service​

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Dear Kono Taro,

Please see attached confirmation of payment, thank you very much for your services to the Kingdom of Sweden.

Upon completion please deliver to the Karlskrona Naval Base whom will be expecting delivery and equipped to handle the vessels.

https://modernnations.com/threads/transfer-sweden-to-japan.7938/

Regards,
Göran Mårtensson
General Director of the Defence Materiel Administration
Swedish Department for Defence
Kingdom of Sweden

@king4turtle

 

[Connor]

Government of Sweden
Löfven Administration

Security Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Document Classification and Security Act 2013​

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END OF TENDER PROCESS​

Regards,
Defence Materiel Administration
Swedish Department for Defence
Kingdom of Sweden