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Comment on GE to train RFA engineers on Tide class switchboards by lordtemplar
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Comments for UK Defence Journal
The notice, identifier 2026/S 000-074582, was published on 6 August 2026 and records an award decision date of 5 August, with the contract yet to be signed.
The company supplied the electrical propulsion and power distribution equipment for the Tide class, including the induction motors, drives and switchboards that sit at the heart of the ships’ diesel-electric arrangement.
The four Tide-class tankers, RFA Tidespring, RFA Tiderace, RFA Tidesurge and RFA Tideforce, were ordered under the Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability programme and built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering at Okpo in South Korea.
Their diesel-electric propulsion arrangement drives two shafts through electric motors, with power drawn from generator sets feeding the high-voltage distribution system covered by the training contract.
Contract award notices of this type are published under the Procurement Act 2023 after an award decision has been taken but before signature, and they start a standstill period of at least eight working days where one applies.