In a media briefing to discuss the Dino defence budget the Minister of Defence Zanus also revealed a number of new and ongoing ship projects, some revealed for the first time.
Dinomark AM
The new ground attack cruiser entered service late last year and is proving to be a formidable warship in exercises. So much so that the planned general purpose AR variant may be cancelled and instead just the AM built in larger numbers. Some tactical systems intended for the AR may be fitted to the AM instead.
Dinomark LM
The XT replacement was due to enter service this year but this will likely be delayed until early 2117 following issues in development with the Solarburst engine evolution used in the LM. The Dinos hope the LM can be as successful as the XT (which remained in production for 50 years) so are making sure they get it "perfect" before series production.
Dinomark XTe
Newly announced will be a programme to rebuild and upgrade older XTs to a new XT Evolution (XTe) standard. This will be an ongoing programme and may encompass the entire fleet of nearly 200 XTs in the end. The initial XTe will be based on the XT/131 which would have been the next production variant if XT production had continued.
Dinomark PT/3x
The forthcoming PT/3 upgrade will include all 77 PTs in Dino Army and SS service. It will see a number of feature enhancements as well as a fleet harmonisation to bring the PT fleet to a common standard.
Provider KX
Newly announced is a design study for an amphibious landing ship similar in concept to the NS and Clone Intruder design. The Dinos have not ruled out buying Clone ships though are said to prefer their own design.
Olympus/Provider ZF
The Dinos have declared a need for a small number of support carriers for their force of Ferret UCVs which is expected to greatly increase over the next few years. The favoured option is to buy NS Olympus-Es and it is expected the Dinos may request the loan of a ship for evaluation.
