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German shipyards sign contract
for four new frigates
ARGE F125 consortium inks contract with German defence department
On Tuesday, June 26, the contract between the German Federal Office
for Defence Technology and Procurement and ARGE F125 for building four
Class 125 frigates was signed.
ARGE F125 consists of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems and Fr. Lürssen
Werft.
On ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems' side, the locations at Hamburg (Blohm
+ Voss) and Emden (Nordseewerke) will be involved in the design,
construction and delivery of the frigates. Delivery of the first unit
is scheduled for 2014.
Main tasks of the Class 125 frigates will be the leading and
conducting of stabilization operations within the framework of
multi-national operations and the defence against asymmetric threats.
With the Class 125 frigates, the German naval shipbuilding industry
will once again prove its internationally outstanding competence in
the integration of state-of-the-art technologies, said ThyssenKrupp.
The new type of frigates, for instance, will allow a deployment period
of up to two years in the operation area. Compared to previous
vessels, the regular crew on the Class 125 frigate is halved. Two
rotating crews will be exchanged every four months. Thus, frequent
intensive transfer trips between Wilhelmshaven and the area of
operation will no longer be required.
The F 125 project will both strengthen the defence technology
abilities in Germany and secure the basic utilization of the yards of
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems. Alongside the shipyards that are directly
involved, about 800 subcontractors will also be involved in the
project through ARGE F125. About 80% of the overall value will be
produced in Germany.
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