Benito Clone at a joint media briefing by the 3 leaders said that the HCS was falling behind the rival powers and had to renew itself to catch up. Captain Clone added that there would be a heavy investment in the Space Fleet and HCSAF as well as money for new weapons for the HCS Army too. Among the new programmes that will benefit :
- The HCS OPV 08 Patrol Boat will go ahead though 2109 has been given as the new target date (though it will still be called OPV 08 for now as a proper name is still pending). The OPV 08 will be a Pentekonter sized vessel according to non-HCS sources and will have a general purpose remit. The order has been reduced to 60 from 100 though sources say the eventual total may be 120+.
- 3 more Soulaki cruisers will be built to an updated Soulaki-B specification which includes uprated engines and armament. Its thought these 3 ships will form the flagships for the 3 states.
- Cosmos production has been cleared to 120 examples, 99 are currently built. After the new build has completed then the HCS will begin a programme of updating the fleet from the oldest first to Cosmos SR specification which will be similar to the new build S spec.
- The F-40S programme to rebuild and update 1000 older F-40 fighter bombers has been confirmed after a year's delay.
- The HCSAF will begin development of a new battlefield support helicopter to replace the many thousands of ageing earlier model AH-26. The next generation AH-26X is the frontrunner for the new helicopter.
- The HCSAF will begin development of it's next generation of AA and AG missiles.
