User:Arles2464/sandbox/Australian Future Submarine Class

	Astute-class SSN profile
	HMS Ambush in 2012
Class overview
Name	Astute class
Builders	BAE Systems Submarines, Barrow-in-Furness
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Trafalgar class
Succeeded by	SSNR (First design contract awarded)
Cost	Over £1.65 billion per boat (2015 est.)
Built	2001–present
In commission	2010–present
Planned	7
Building	2
Completed	5
Active	4
General characteristics
Type	Nuclear-powered fleet submarine
Displacement	Surfaced: 7,000 to 7,400 t (6,900 to 7,300 long tons); Submerged: 7,400 to 7,800 t (7,300 to 7,700 long tons);
Length	97 m (318 ft 3 in)
Beam	11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)
Draught	10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	Rolls-Royce PWR 2 reactor, MTU 600 kilowatt diesel generators
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph), submerged
Range	Unlimited
Endurance	Unlimited in terms of propulsion, air and water, but otherwise typically 90 days, based on the amount of food carried and endurance of the crew
Test depth	Over 300 m (980 ft)
Complement	98 (capacity for 109)
Sensors and ; processing systems	Thales Sonar 2076; Atlas DESO 25 echosounder; 2 × Thales CM010 optronic masts; Raytheon Successor IFF;
Armament	6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes with stowage for up to 38 weapons:; Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles ; Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes;

The Australian Future Submarine Class is an as-yet unnamed class of 'at least 8' submarines^[1] to replace the Collins-class submarine for the Royal Australian Navy.^[2] This program supersedes the Attack-class program, following an announcement by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison that all 12 submarines, built by French shipbuilder Naval Group, will be scrapped in favour of a new nuclear-powered design, likely based on either the Royal Navy's Astute-class or United States Navy's Virgina-class^[2].

Possible Designs

^ "Australia to pursue nuclear-powered submarines through new trilateral enhanced security partnership | Prime Minister of Australia". www.pm.gov.au. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
^ ^a ^b Greene, Andrew; Probyn, Andrew; Dziedzic, Stephen (2021-09-15). "Australia to get nuclear-powered submarines, scrap $90b plan to build French-designed subs". ABC News. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Bush, Steve (2014). British Warships and Auxiliaries. Maritime Books. pp. 10–11. ISBN 978-1904459552.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Astute-class attack submarines". royalnavy.mod.uk. Royal Navy. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
^ ^a ^b "BAE Systems - Astute class submarines". baesystems.com. BAE Systems. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
^ "UK's most powerful submarine joins the Navy". Ministry of Defence. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2011.