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Ryad has put into effect the contract for the sale of three FS56 patrol boats manufactured by the shipyard of Cherbourg, CMN. The amount of the order is estimated at 250 million euros.
Initialed at the end of 2015, the contract for the sale of three FS56 patrol boats built by the shipyard of Cherbourg, CMN (Mechanical Constructions of Normandy) to the Saudi navy was finally finally put into effect (first deposit paid), according to several sources concordant . The contract is evaluated for these three fighter-type patrollers at 250 million euros.
Equipped with a missile launching system, these patrol boats could be armed with Simbad-RC, a very short-range surface-to-air system from MBDA. To order the missiles, an endorsement must be further negotiated and signed, according to concordant sources.
Need of the Saudi navy
Initially, these three patrol boats were to equip the Lebanese navy under the tripartite Donas contract signed in 2014 between Saudi Arabia and ODAS, on behalf of Lebanon. In disagreement with Beirut, Ryad finally took over for his army the Donas contract, now called the Saudi-French Military Contract (SFMC).
Despite the complicated relations between Saudi Arabia and France, Ryad has put into effect the contract signed by CMN, owned by Lebanese businessman Iskandar Safa. That's two years after the signing of this contract. This decision corresponds to a need of the Saudi navy for these warships and the strict application of the contract, whose execution continues under the control of ODAS, representing French interests in Riyadh.
https://www.latribune.fr/entreprise...tre-en-vigueur-en-arabie-saoudite-763169.html
Fast Attack Long Range Craft
Combattante FS 56
Fast Attack Long Range Craft
The Combattante FS56, evolution of sea proven CMN Combattante III class, is a Fast Attack, Long Range Craft, able to perform with a high level of efficiency the tasks required by a Patrol Missile Boat mission’s profiles.
Missions
> Fast strike against surface or coastal targets
> Coastal and off-shore patrolling : Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR)
> Interception of narcotics, smuggling and illegal immigration
> Interception of enemy forces
> Economic Exclusive Zone (EEZ) monitoring & surveillance
> Naval and law enforcement application
> Integration to a naval task force
> Support to Land Forces actions operations
Performance and Competitive Features
> Combine speed, long range and fire power with optimization of acquisition cost
> Compact and multifunction vessel, capable of high performances
> Stealth aspect
> Perfect 360° view all around the vessel
> 360° free firing arc
Main Characteristics
> Length Overall : 56.00 m
> Beam Overall : 8.20 m
> Maximum draught : 2.70 m
> Maximum speed : 38 Knots
> Range at 15 Kts : 2500 NM
> Crew : 32
> Fuel : 82 m3
> Fresh water : 8 m3
> Hull : Steel
> Superstructure : Aluminium
> Classification : BUREAU VERITAS
Main Equipment & Auxiliaries
> Two main generating sets
> One emergency generating set
> Four high speed diesel engines
> Four Fixed Pitch Propellers (FPP)
> One Compact Mast (Cmast ©)
Typical Mission Systems
> One Combat Management System with Data Link
> One Combined Surveillance Radar + IFF
> One Fire Control Radar
> One Electro-optical fire control system
> One Primary Gun: 76MM or 57 mm
> Two Short Range Air Defence Missile System or one secondary Gun (40 mm)
> Two remote controlled side guns (up to 30 mm)
> One Surface to Surface Missile System
> One Decoy Launching System
> One R-ESM and one C-ESM
> One Integrated Naval communications
> GMDSS
> One Integrated Navigation System
https://cmn-group.com/products-and-services/military-vessels/combattante/combattante-fs56
With this deal in mind, the Expected visit of MBS to France this month, might revive the 2013 negotiations for six FREMM multi-mission frigates and five to six submarines under the Sawari 3 program..
* Saudi Arabia will add Simbad-RC on these chips and will probably double the chips number..
The SIMBAD-RC is a remotely-controlled, very short range naval air defence system that provides highly efficient capabilities against a wide range of threats, from fighter aircraft through to anti-ship missiles or small-sized threats such as Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs). SIMBAD-RC gives an easy to set up, self-defence capability to patrol vessels and support craft, or complements the air defence capabilities of other ship types. Each turret supports two ready-to-fire missiles. The turrets are remotely-operated and so allow the operator to remain under cover, thereby ensuring longer operational availability in case of a combat alert.
Antoine Bouvier, CEO of MBDA, said: «The SIMBAD-RC programme illustrates how MBDA helps customers leverage their previous acquisitions. Starting from a market standard such as the Mistral missile, of which more than 17,000 have been produced and are in service in nearly 30 countries worldwide, we have built a simple to operate and highly automated system that greatly improves the operational use of the missiles already in service».
SIMBAD-RC is featuring an automatic launcher remotely controlled from an interior terminal
Guidance
- Passive IR homing guidance
- Proportional navigation guidance
- Trajectory shaping
- Self-spinning airframe
- Control by canard fins
Engagement of targets is fully autonomous and is performed by the outstanding infrared homing head of the MISTRAL missile
- Great accuracy and efficiency
- No man in the loop
- Simplicity of operation, low training and maintenance
- No dedicated fire control system on board
- The system is optimised to counter any air target at short notice
- Firing sequence: less than five seconds
- High speed missile – short time to intercept
Especially designed for modern naval warfare, MISTRAL can cope with:
- Head on targets
- Manoeuvring targets
- Aircraft before they release conventional armaments
- Sea skimming and manoeuvring anti-ship missiles
- Helicopters
96% kill efficiency rate demonstrated during user firings is due to:
- Outstanding sea and ground clutter rejection by the MISTRAL seeker
- Interception under a trajectory shaping profile
- MISTRAL terminal effectiveness: outstanding guidance accuracy – proximity and impact fuzes – 6.6 lbs/3 kg warhead very high reliability
SIMBAD-RC offers a range of turret/SMU-RC configurations and system integration schemes
CHARACTERISTICS
SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS
Weight 1,102 lbs/500 kg
Bearing +/- 160°
Elevation -15° to +65°
MISSILE CHARACTERISTICS
Weight 43.4 lbs/19.7 kg
Length 6.1 feet/1.86 m
Diameter 3.54 inch/90 mm
Warhead 6.6 lbs/3 kg
Maximum speed Mach 2.5
SIMBAD-RC is an extremely simple and lightweight MBDA’s system configured for two MISTRAL missiles
http://www.dmitryshulgin.com/tag/simbad-rc/
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