, On 19 December the Naval Materiel Command of the Royal Danish Navy and Thales Nederland signed a contract for the delivery of three Thales Anti Air Warfare (AAW) suites.
Each AAW suite consists of one APAR Multifunction Radar, one SMART-L Volume Search Radar and one Fire Control Cluster. The suites are to be installed on the new Patrol Ships for the Royal Danish Navy.
The Patrol Ships, each displacing about 6,000 tons, will be built by the Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd. in Denmark. The three ships are scheduled to be handed over to the Royal Danish Navy in the period between 2011 and 2013.
The Danish Naval Materiel Command selected the Thales AAW suite because of its track record and proven performance. The integration with US missiles was considered a major factor just as the positive experience gained with Thales in the procurement of the SMART-S Mk2 radar systems.
With this choice, the Royal Danish Navy, one of the world
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