Turkish firm Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik A.Ş. (STM) is going to upgrade Pakistan Navy’s three Agosta 90B submarines, details of the upgradation programme revealed.
A contract signed in the February this year binds STM to deliver two of the three upgraded submarines including PNS Saad and PNS Hamza in 12 months – which places its delivery in February 2019.
However, the contract of the PNS Khalid allows STM 45 months to deliver it to the navy.
STM, which already had signed a contract to upgrade PNS Khalid in June 2016, also won the second contract defeating France’s company DCN. France’s duplicity in their defence relationship (using Pakistan sales as the worm to lure the Indian fish) could as well be a reason why Turkey got this deal.
DCN has been involved with modernisation work of Pak Navy’s submarines in the past, but it lost credibility ever since there was a leak of sensitive information regarding the Scorpenes.
Under the agreement, a command and control system will be installed in the submarines which will replace outdated sonar suites, periscope systems, radar and electronic support systems.
Within the framework of the project, HAVELSAN and ASELSAN systems will also be integrated into the Agosta 90B submarines.
These subsystems will be exported from the first, second and the third party sources that are South Africa, the UK and Germany.
STM will carry out all the upgradation work at Karachi Shipyards and Engineering Works (KSEW) that is owned by Pakistan Navy.
The modernisation programme for the last two submarines, set to be delivered in February next year, includes:
- Kelvin Hughes SharpEye Doppler submarine radar
- Airbus DS Optronics SERO 250 periscope and OMS 200 optronic mast
- Aselsan ARES-2SC electronic support measures (ESM) system
- Havelsan Sonar Integrated Submarine Command and Control system (SEDA)
- Havelsan Submarine Data Distribution System (DBDS)
- Converters, steering console and rescue buoy
Via: Quwa
What an excellent use of those Saudi and IMF loans !
Pakistani politicians and establishment have been wrong in thinking in terms of friends. They are friends of their own interest. So we must also think in terms of our interests. Pakistan Pakistan and only Pakistan.
This Country is Perfect for these kind of people
we have the most deserved Government and Army
jahan Log hi courpt hon wahan hukumran to logo main se hi ate hain na
Log Knjar thats why pakistan is going to be banjar
Please read into facts, comments without any facts are useless task, so dont do that.
These are not Saudi or IMF loan, defense budget are separate and these are periodic maintenance and the deal was signed and work was started in March of this year and money is from the previous fiscal year, so please dont jump into discuss where you dont have any idea.