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Moroccan Sigma class frigate Allal Ben Abdallah sails through Sea Acceptance
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Recently, the third and last of the Royal Moroccan Navy’s new
Sigma class frigates was subjected to its Sea Acceptance Trials (SAT).
All Thales systems on board of the ship as well as the functional chains
for Anti Air Warfare, Anti Surface Warfare and Electronic Warfare performed
flawlessly. Tacticos, Thales’s Combat Management System is the
first CMS in the world to have been successfully teamed with the MBDA
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Allal Ben Abdallah Frigate, Royal Moroccan Navy
(Picture: Thales)
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Thales equipment on board of Allal Ben Abdallah includes
the Tacticos Combat Management System, the SMART-S Mk2 surveillance
radar, the LIROD Mk2 fire control radar, the Target Designation Sights,
the UMS 4132 KINGKLIP Hull Mounted Sonar, the TUUM-4 Under Water Telephone,
the EW Suite (integrated ESM Vigile 100 S & ECM Scorpion 2L), the
integrated navigation system (INS), the Bathythermograph Mk21 and the
integrated communication system.
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SMART-S Mk2 surveillance radar on top of the mast.
(Picture: Thales)
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Mid 2011 and end last year, the other two ships of
this class, Tarik Ben Ziyad and Sultan Moulay Ismail, were commissioned
so that the program is now concluded and in warranty phase.
Gerben Edelijn, CEO of Thales Nederland is proud of the excellent result:
“This SAT demonstrates that our vast experience in sensor technology
and Combat System Integration enables us to realize such a complex programme
within the time frame agreed upon. This program reinforces our relationship
with the Royal Moroccan Navy as well with Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding.”
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