Thursday, March 18, 2010

Sylver

IOC: 2001
Total Production: 93
Total Program's Cost: USD$300 million

Sylver A-70

IOC: 2011

Origin
France

Contractor/s
DCNS

Applications
FREMM

Family Members
Sylver

Guided Missiles:
MM40 Block 3 Exocet
Scalp Naval

SAM & ABM Missiles:
Aster 15
Aster 30

Description: The Sylver ship Vertical Launch System (VLS) has been designed to store and launch the latest generation of anti-air missiles such as ASTER 15 and ASTER 30. Despite Sylver primary customer is ASTER family of missiles, has been released that Sylver could eventually accommodate ANF supersonic anti-ship cruise missile, Standard and ESSM anti-air missiles, ASROC anti-submarine rocket, Tomahawk and SCALP Naval cruise missiles.

The Sylver VLS module features 8-cell which can be tailored to suit different types of missiles. Each Sylver module occupies an area of 6 square meters and is suitable for many types of ships ranging from corvettes to aircraft carriers. A single Sylver module yields up to 6 rounds per second. Sylver A-43 was developed for SAAM air defense system while Sylver A-50 version was developed for long-range PAAMS air defense system.

In 2005 the Sylver launcher was selected for the Franco-Italian Multi-Mission Frigates (FREMM) program which involves development and building of up to 27 warships. FREMM would require a further development of Sylver launcher to accommodate Scalp Naval land attack cruise missile which will add strike capability to Franco-Italian fleets. The Sylver A-70 launcher variant provided as standard equipment for FREMM frigates would support Scalp Naval and other existing missile systems.

News
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Operators

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France

Italy

Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
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Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)

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