• Land Warfare

  IDEX 2015: Patria to show new NEMO simulator features

  18th February 2015

  Patria will unveil new features on its New Mortar (NEMO) training simulator at this year’s IDEX exhibition in Abu Dhabi. It will be the first …

• Digital Battlespace

  Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei signs a contract with the United Arab Emirates Navy for an ASW Suite jointly supplied with Thales

  9th October 2009

  Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei (WASS) and Thales are pleased to announce the signature of a contract with the UAE GHQ Armed Forces for the supply …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

• OPVs

  Falaj 3 Class (1-4) [UAE]

  Programme Background Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding (ADSB) first entered talks with the UAE for the OPV vessel contract in 2015. This was six years prior to ...

• Naval: shipboard communication systems

  Naval: shipboard communication systems | Light Corvettes Procurement [UAE]

  The UAE Navy urges to replace two Muray Jib-class corvettes commissioned in the early 1990s. Abu Dhabi signed a contract with Naval Group for two Gowind corvettes, with ...

• Naval: Combat Management Systems

  Naval: Combat Management Systems | Light Corvettes Procurement [UAE]

  The UAE Navy urges to replace two Muray Jib-class corvettes commissioned in the early 1990s. Abu Dhabi signed a contract with Naval Group for two Gowind corvettes, with ...

• Corvettes

  Light Corvettes Procurement [UAE]

  Programme Background Requirements The current first line of vessels of the UAE Navy includes two Bani Yas-class (Gowind) corvettes, six Baynunah-class corvettes, one Abu Dhabi-class corvette ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• Naval: Combat Management Systems

  National Combat Management System

  The National Combat Management System (NCMS) is a developmental CMS suite for the UAE Navy. It is being developed under a cooperation agreement between Marakeb ...

• Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors

  15m Fast Patrol Boat

  The 15m Fast Patrol Boat is operated by the UAE Coast Guard. It was announced in February 2015 that Al Fattan had also been awarded ...

• Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors

  Falaj 2 Class (FCX07)

  The Falaj 2-class patrol boats are 56m vessels designed and built by Fincantieri. Two units were ordered by the UAE Navy in 2010. Both vessels have been commissioned ...

• Naval guns

  OTO Strales/Davide

  The OTO Strales represents the second iteration of the OTO 76/62mm Super Rapido gun from Leonardo. The weapon, which is in service with the Italian ...

• Naval: Defensive Systems - Laser Warning Receivers

  NLWS Naval Laser-Warning System

  Saab's Naval Laser-Warning System (NLWS) is capable of detecting and analysing lasers in blue-water and littoral combat environments. The NLWS consists of a number of sensors ...

• Corvettes

  Baynunah Class

  The Baynunah-class consists of six corvettes that were contracted for the UAE Navy under a joint effort between Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding and France's CMN. The vessels ...

• Frigates

  Kortenaer (Bremen/Elli) Class

  The Kortenaer-class frigates entered service with the Dutch Navy in 1975. They were gradually decommissioned and sold to the Hellenic Navy (eight ships, Elli-class) and UAE ...

• Sea: tactical training

  UAE NTC

  In 2016, CAE was awarded a contract to design and deliver a comprehensive Naval Training Centre (NTC) to the UAE Navy. The UAE NTC will ...

• Sea: naval fire control radar

  NA-30S Mk2

  The NA30S is a modular weapon control system designed to control surface-to-air missiles and guns (up to three gun outputs) in a sophisticated threat environment ...

• OPVs

  Falaj 3 Class

  At NAVDEX 2021, Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding revealed a number of new ship designs, including the Falaj 3. This is a 60m OPV based on the Fearless-class ...

• Corvettes

  Al Manama Class

  The Al Manama-class corvettes have been in service with Bahrain since 1987. The class consists of two guided-missile patrol combatants built by Luerssen based on ...

• Sealift/replenishment vessels

  Al Saadiyat (Logistics Support Vessel)

  Al Saadiyat is the most recent logistics support vessel to be built for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Navy. The vessel is effectively a large ...

• Naval: Combat Management Systems

  IPN

  Produced by Selex ES (now part of Leonardo), the IPN is a family of combat management systems. Also known as SADOC 2, it is in ...

• Corvettes

  Muray Jib Class

  The Muray Jib-class corvettes are in service with the UAE Navy. The two corvettes are an adaptation of Lurssen's FPB 62 corvettes in service with ...

• Sea: sonar systems

  Captas-1

  CAPTAS-1 is a low-frequency Variable Depth Sonar (VDS) family optimised for littoral and shallow water operations. Fitted with a single ceramic Free Flooded Ring (FFR), the CAPTAS-1 ...