Contract for delivery of Underwater Surveillance System

KONGSBERG has signed a contract with the Turkish company ASELSAN for delivery of integrated Underwater Surveillance Systems as part of the complete Above water/Underwater Surveillance and Detection Systems for protection of the AKSAZ and FOÇA Naval Bases (YUNUS) in Turkey. With the scope of approx 130 MNOK, the contract was won in an open international competition. Delivery is scheduled for completion within 36 months.

Data fusion "For more than 30 years KONGSBERG has delivered integrated systems for protection of various assets and platforms, and this contract marks an important step forward in providing advanced systems for protection of harbours and coastal areas. The Underwater Surveillance Systems for the AKSAZ and FOÇA Naval Bases includes integrated operation of the active and passive acoustic systems with dedicated diver detection systems, all based on technology from KONGSBERG. There is a growing market both within the harbour and coastal surveillance and protection segment, and force protection internationally. In this context, this is a very important reference contract", reports Executive Vice President Nils-Oddvar Hagen of Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace.

Underwater Surveillance System

This contract marks an important step forward in providing advanced systems for protection of harbours and coastal areas.