Kongsberg to Upgrade Norwegian Navy's Ula-Class Submarines

Released on Friday, May 09, 2008

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has signed a contract with the Armed Forces' Logistics Organisation for the delivery of a new Combat System Integration Infrastructure, a new passive sonar system and the upgrading of a tactical simulator for Norway's six Ula Class submarines. With a scope of MNOK 179, the contract was won in an open international competition. Delivery is scheduled for completion within 52 months.

"For more than 30 years, KONGSBERG has delivered command and weapon control systems for Norwegian, German and Italian submarines, and this contract marks an important further development of our products within submarine systems. The contract is a response to a campaign conducted over several years to strengthen the company's position as a supplier of complete, integrated sonar and command and weapons control systems for submarines. The world market includes a rather significant number of submarines that are or will soon be in need of life extension programmes. In this context, this is an important reference contract", reports Executive Vice President Nils-Oddvar Hagen of Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace.