Impact of Operational Deployments, Upgrades and Introduction of New Equipment into Service on Output Expenses/ Outputs: Concurrency
The NZDF Output Expense Output Specification tables, for Output Expenses 2 to 14, inclusive, within the Information Supporting the Estimates of Appropriations for Vote Defence Force and the NZDF Output Plan detail the full capacity of the force elements to undertake tasks against designated Employment Contexts. If the force elements, or parts thereof, of any Output Expense are actually deployed on operations, the ability of the NZDF to deploy similar force elements, concurrently, to another operation is significantly reduced. The limited range of capabilities and the limited quantity of force elements maintained by the NZDF means there may be only limited capacity to deploy like force elements concurrently.
In addition to the foregoing, elements of the following Output Expenses will be involved in operational deployments at the start of FY 2010/2011.19 These deployments will not only limit the ability of the NZDF to generate like force elements for concurrent operational deployments elsewhere, but will also require resources from other force elements to manage sustainability and concurrency. This will also be exacerbated by the impact of the current modernisation programmes.
- Output Expenses 7 to 10 (inclusive):
- Army elements deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, the New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team, and Bamyan Province, Afghanistan.
- Army elements (NZ Special Air Service Forces) on operations in Afghanistan.
- Army elements deployed in support of the Australian Defence Force-led operations (Combined Joint Task Force 631) in Timor-Leste.
- Army elements deployed in support of operations in Solomon Islands.
- Predominantly Army elements (Platoon-size) deployed in support of the Multi-national Force and Observers (MFO) in the Sinai, Middle East.
- Output Expense 13. Air Force elements - from time to time, C-130 Hercules aircraft support, including resupply, to current deployed forces.
- Navy and Air Force elements (variable) involved on Multi-Agency Operations and Tasks (MAO&T) in and around New Zealand.
The withdrawal of the P-3K Orion and C-130 Hercules aircraft on a rolling programme for upgrading in 2008/09, 2009/10 and 2010/11, and possibly beyond, will automatically reduce the full capacity of the force elements that these aircraft belong to. While the minimum number of aircraft required by the NZDF Output Plan for OLOC may be available, the reduced capacity will have an effect on the duration of any operational deployment/s and the ability to rotate any such deployment/s.
Output Expense 3 (Naval Support Forces) and Output Expense 5 (Naval Patrol Forces) will not be at full capacity until such time as HMNZS Canterbury has completed its remedial programme and the two OPVs (HMNZ Ships Otago and Wellington) have been fully introduced into service (including any outstanding warranty issues.)
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