AP has announced that the Departmental Fleet is to be reduced in order to save costs and reflecting a changing need for the Department Fleet which handles ship training, research and development duties. The service's 2 Kalahati Tuuls (Experiment 96X) will be sold off along with the rest of the DDS' KTs once a deal has been agreed with the Aritans.
It is thought the Starsystem 91X fleet will also be reduced to 6 as more training is now being carried on on service ships and in simulators nowadays. The 2 withdrawn ships are likely to be cannibalised for spares and maybe the hulls sold to museums. The DDS is committed to keep the Starsystems, which after the withdrawal of the Pulsars soon will become the last remaining pre-Generation 3 major warships in DDS service, to "at least" 2120.
After these withdrawals the Departmental Fleet will consist of 6 Starsystems, the Isometric Prototype and the Alpha Centauri (Helwin). The 2 ex-Departmental Pentekonters, loaned to the main fleet for patrol work, are likely to be made full mine sweepers.
