F125
Oto Melara, a
Finmeccanica company, has signed two different contracts with the German BWB
(the Purchasing Dept. of the German Ministry of Defence) worth 80 million Euros
overall.
The first contract, worth 70 million Euros, regards the supply of five 127/64
Light Weight naval gun mounts, four of which will be installed on the F125
Frigates, the new ships designed and produced by the ARGE F125 Consortium for
the German Navy, while the fifth will be used for training purposes.
The second contract, that falls within the same programme, envisages the supply
of twenty-five remotely controlled HITROLE® 12,7mm naval turrets, five for each
ship, plus five to be used for training, in the new NT (Naval Tilting) version,
expressly designed and developed by Oto Melara to meet specific requirements of
the German Navy.
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