Contract on Navigation and Radar Control Systems to Norwegian Submarines

KONGSBERG has signed a contract for supply of Navigation and Radar Systems to the Royal Norwegian Navy’s Ula class submarines.

This contract, which has been won in an international competition, is made between the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation and KONGSBERG, represented by the Naval Systems & Surveillance division.

The contract value is approx. 65 MNOK.

KONGSBERG has for more than 35 years supplied Command & Weapons Control Systems to Norwegian, German and Italian submarines and this contract results in an important renewal of our product range for submarines. The contract is the result of a long term effort to strengthen our position as supplier of complete integrated Navigation, Sonar and Command & Weapons Control Systems for submarines.

"There exists on the world market a large number of submarines in need of a mid-life, or life extension, update.  In this context this is yet another important reference contract for KONGSBERG,” says Executive Vice President Nils-Oddvar Hagen in Kongsberg Defence Systems.

For further information, please contact:
Nils-Oddvar Hagen, Executive Vice President, Kongsberg Defence SystemsTel: +47 32 28 92 74Mob: +47 92 06 00 92

KONGSBERG is an international, knowledge-based group that supplies high-technology systems and solutions to customers engaged in the oil and gas industry, the merchant marine, and the defence and aerospace industries. In 2009, KONGSBERG had a Turnover of NOK 13.8 billion, and the Group had 5 423 employees in more than 25 countries.