MAN Energy Solutions and Doen WaterJets (DOEN) have agreed to hitch forces to supply a totally built-in propulsion system resolution to the Australian Army’s LAND 8710 Littoral Manoeuvre Vessel Phase 1A (LMV-M) program.
The program goals to accumulate a medium touchdown craft appropriate for a spread of missions in Australia’s northern waters and past.
The cooperation spans the full product lifecycle together with propulsion system design, built-in logistics help and commissioning, by way of to spare components and technical companies as soon as the touchdown craft enter service.
MAN Energy Solutions is providing its MAN 175D engine, which has been the high-speed engine of selection for 14 South-East Asian Navy and governmental packages because it was launched to the market in 2016. The MAN 175D gives low-load endurance match for prolonged riverine and littoral mission profiles. Smart adaptation of turbocharger wastegate management and different options imply the MAN 175D will keep 100% rated energy output within the hottest Northern Australian environments conceivable.
To match the MAN 175D engine, DOEN is providing its DJ400 water jet, manufactured at its Melbourne facility. The DJ400 incorporates a totally stainless-steel impeller pump design. The rotor, casing and nozzle are all stainless-steel, making DJ400 an especially powerful and wear-and-corrosion resistant product, says the corporate. This, mixed with the flexibleness to customise options to go well with the appliance, for instance incorporation of a chrome steel consumption grill, ensures the very best ranges of operability and reliability within the inexperienced and brown waters highlighted by the Australian Army’s LAND 8710 purposeful specification.
The corporations declare best-in-class gas consumption which is able to cut back working prices and doubtlessly prolong touchdown craft vary. Exceptional engine load response and a large water-jet cavitation margin guarantee LMV-M can navigate tight corners with ease.
Under the phrases of the settlement, MAN could be the propulsion system provider to the possible shipyard with DOEN and the gearbox producer suppliers to MAN. MAN could be a licensed service associate for all of the provided gear and commits to establishing MAN PrimeServ services in Townsville, Queensland and Darwin, making certain the very best ranges of native service help for the whole propulsion system. MAN and DOEN will spend money on technician coaching.
MAN 175D engine and DJ400 water jets function within the Qatari Emiri Navy, Landing Craft Mechanised (LCM) vessels Broog and Ishat, which have operated efficiently since getting into service in July 2022.
Tim Udvary, Managing Director, DOEN, mentioned: “We have had considerable success supplying our waterjet products to landing craft and other defense programs for the United States, Israeli, Indian, and Indonesian Navies, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, and other government agencies across the globe. Joining forces with MAN Energy Solutions, we are committed to harness our collective track record to provide an extremely robust, reliable and serviceable water jet propulsion system to the Australian Army if selected for the LAND 8710 program.”
