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Netherlands- based Damen Shipyards Group states that the German federal government has actually revealed its objective to pick it as the primary specialist– with companions Blohm + Voss and also Thales– for the supply of at the very least 4 MKS 180 Multi-Purpose Combat Ships for the German Navy.
Damen states it is “extremely proud of, and satisfied with” the outcome of the assessment procedure revealed today by the German Government, which waits for legislative authorization in Germany.
Less pleased with the outcome is Daniel Günther, Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein, house to Kiel shipbuilder German Naval Yards, which had high hopes of winning the task.
Günther is estimated by broadcaster NDR as stating that, of what is the Federal Republic’s biggest marine weaponry task to day, “it would have been important for the German government to rely on the existing know-how in Germany.”
German press records placed the worth of the agreement at concerning $5.5 billion and also Damen states around 80% of this will certainly be invested in Germany,
The ships will certainly be constructed at Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg and also at various other shipyard places of B+V’s moms and dad LürssenGroup Similarly, concerning 70% of the digital application systems from Thales Nederlandwill be offered by the German subsidiary of Thales and also by various other German subcontractors.
