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Munich, Germany: EADS has been chosen by the “Workgroup for the F125 Frigate” to supply the command and control and weapons deployment system (Fuhrungs- und Waffeneinsatzsystem – FuWES) for the next generation of the German Navy surface ship. The “Workgroup for the F125 Frigate” is made up of the shipyards ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems and Friedrich Lurssen Werft.
The contract with EADS is for the development and delivery of the complete software, hardware and infrastructure as well as the performance verification for all four ships.
The command and control and weapons deployment system (FuWES) is based on the cutting-edge technology used for the Advanced Naval Combat System (ANCS) which is already being successfully used on the “Fast Attac” craft of the “Hamina” class in Finland. In addition, the EADS software components already successfully deployed on the F124 frigates and the K130 corvettes will be extensively used for the system solution of the F125.
“The decision to integrate our EADS technology into the modern F125 frigate of the German Navy once more confirms the high efficiency of our integrated system solutions”, explained Dr. Stefan Zoller, Member of the EADS Executive Comittee and CEO of Defence and Security Systems. “With the concepts developed by EADS for the command and control and weapons deployment system (FuWES) the Group will continue to strengthen its competitive position in the world market in this segment. Our intention is to run the project at Atlas Elektronik – this will give our systems house capabilities in Bremen a new impetus.”
The F125 frigate is the primary ship class of the German Navy, which is being procured specifically for joint assignments in a multinational environment of network-centric operations management. This new ship class can counteract asymmetric threat scenarios and therefore guarantee the highest possible degree of safety for the ship and its crew. With the selection of the command and control and weapons deployment system (FuWES), with its consistently open and modular structure making it extremely flexible, decisive steps have been taken regarding the course that the German Navy is taking.
