Atlas Elektronik wins German Navy order
Atlas Elektronik has won an order for the modernisation of three minehunting vessels which are in service with the German Navy.
The Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) requested the order which includes Frankenthal class (Type 332) vessels and is work approximately €78.5m.
Its aim is to equip the three boats with the Integrated Mine Counter Measure System (IMCMS) and the mine disposal vehicle SeaFox of Atlas Elektronik.
As well as this, the vessels will be given the capability for controlling the Seehund ROV, which until now has only been integrated on the minesweepers of the Ensdorf class (Type 352).
The German Navy currently has ten minehunting vessels of the Frankenthal class in service, five boats were already fitted out with the IMCMS and SeaFox by Atlas Elektronik in 2009 and 2012.
This latest project was signed off was signed by the parties at the end of last year at the BAAINBw in Koblenz and is expected to run until 2020.
By Alice Mason
Related Articles
MARINE CONSTRUCTION
POWER & PROPULSION
ENVIRONMENT