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UDT Europe 2017: Hensoldt sells upgraded optronic mast

31st May 2017 - 15:51 GMT | by Beth Maundrill in Bremen

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Maritime optronics systems company, Hensoldt, is present at UDT for the first time under its new identity.

In February Airbus completed the divestment of its Defence Electronics unit to KKR, including Airbus Defence and Space Optronics. KKR now owns 75.1% of the company, now under Hensoldt, and Airbus maintains 24.9%.

The company is now looking at updating some of its periscope and optronic mast technology, Roldand Puscher, product manager for maritime systems at Hendoldt explained, ‘The Sero 400 was first brought onto the market ten years ago, we are now doing a complete renewal of the sensors on the

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