Thales Deutschland to Equip All German Navy Supply Ships
GERMANY - 25 NOVEMBER 2009
WILHELMSHAVEN / KIEL / STUTTGART --- The German Navy trusts Thales’s expertise and technology when it comes to developing and outfitting its largest ships. Thales has been selected to be the main contractor on the project that will see the "Berlin" and "Frankfurt am Main" supply ships (EGVs) equipped with a new radar system for air surveillance and helicopter guidance .
Thales was also chosen to install the same radar technology and additionally will provide the command and control system and the internal communication system on the "Bonn", a third EGV scheduled for launch in 2012.
"We are proud that the German Navy has placed its confidence for these two important projects in the technology and expertise of our employees," Markus Hellenthal, CEO of Thales Deutschland said.
Thales will supply the VARIANT radar, as well as hardware and software for helicopter detection and guidance for the two supply ships "Berlin" and "Frankfurt am Main" and for the “Bonn”. These systems will close a major gap in the ships' performance capabilities.
The new supply ship "Bonn" will also receive a helicopter detection and guidance radar along with the command and decision control system and the internal communication system also to be supplied by Thales. The company thus plays a major role in one of the German Navy's key new construction projects, approved by Germany's parliament last year. This program will provide the German Navy with a fleet of three supply ships as of 2012, enabling it to further expand its ability to take on a wide variety of support missions.
Peter Obermark, Vice President Defense Solutions and Services, can count on the proven excellence in teamwork of the company's Wilhelmshaven, Kiel and Hengelo locations. "We will manage the project from Wilhelmshaven, the radar will come from Hengelo and the communications technology from Kiel," explained Obermark.
BACKGROUND NOTES:
Supply ships (EGVs) are German Navy supply ships used to provide logistics and medical services support to combined task forces. The Class 702 supply ships, with a displacement of 20,000 t, are the German Navy's largest ships. The "Berlin" (A 1411) and "Frankfurt am Main" (A 1412) EGVs have been operational since 2001 and 2002 respectively. The third EGV, "Bonn", is scheduled to go into service in 2012.
At the core of the technology package supplied by Thales is the VARIANT Air & Surface Surveillance Radar for Helicopter detection and guidance, which will be used to safely detect and guide one or several helicopters. VARIANT is based on a dual band pulsed radar system (G and I bands) and FMCW radar (frequency modulated continuous wave) for helicopter guidance close to the deck. The radar system is particularly noted for its excellent all-weather and automatic helicopter detection capabilities and comes with a helicopter control console for each of the three EGVs and four consoles for using the Maritime Control, Command and Information System.
Source: Thales Deutschland
GERMANY - 25 NOVEMBER 2009
WILHELMSHAVEN / KIEL / STUTTGART --- The German Navy trusts Thales’s expertise and technology when it comes to developing and outfitting its largest ships. Thales has been selected to be the main contractor on the project that will see the "Berlin" and "Frankfurt am Main" supply ships (EGVs) equipped with a new radar system for air surveillance and helicopter guidance .
Thales was also chosen to install the same radar technology and additionally will provide the command and control system and the internal communication system on the "Bonn", a third EGV scheduled for launch in 2012.
"We are proud that the German Navy has placed its confidence for these two important projects in the technology and expertise of our employees," Markus Hellenthal, CEO of Thales Deutschland said.
Thales will supply the VARIANT radar, as well as hardware and software for helicopter detection and guidance for the two supply ships "Berlin" and "Frankfurt am Main" and for the “Bonn”. These systems will close a major gap in the ships' performance capabilities.
The new supply ship "Bonn" will also receive a helicopter detection and guidance radar along with the command and decision control system and the internal communication system also to be supplied by Thales. The company thus plays a major role in one of the German Navy's key new construction projects, approved by Germany's parliament last year. This program will provide the German Navy with a fleet of three supply ships as of 2012, enabling it to further expand its ability to take on a wide variety of support missions.
Peter Obermark, Vice President Defense Solutions and Services, can count on the proven excellence in teamwork of the company's Wilhelmshaven, Kiel and Hengelo locations. "We will manage the project from Wilhelmshaven, the radar will come from Hengelo and the communications technology from Kiel," explained Obermark.
BACKGROUND NOTES:
Supply ships (EGVs) are German Navy supply ships used to provide logistics and medical services support to combined task forces. The Class 702 supply ships, with a displacement of 20,000 t, are the German Navy's largest ships. The "Berlin" (A 1411) and "Frankfurt am Main" (A 1412) EGVs have been operational since 2001 and 2002 respectively. The third EGV, "Bonn", is scheduled to go into service in 2012.
At the core of the technology package supplied by Thales is the VARIANT Air & Surface Surveillance Radar for Helicopter detection and guidance, which will be used to safely detect and guide one or several helicopters. VARIANT is based on a dual band pulsed radar system (G and I bands) and FMCW radar (frequency modulated continuous wave) for helicopter guidance close to the deck. The radar system is particularly noted for its excellent all-weather and automatic helicopter detection capabilities and comes with a helicopter control console for each of the three EGVs and four consoles for using the Maritime Control, Command and Information System.
Source: Thales Deutschland
