Type 212CD submarines for Norway and Germany are getting closer. tkMS made a final offer

The Norwegian Defence Materials Agency (NDMA) and the German Armed Forces, Information Technology and Operation Office (BAAINBw) received an offer from the company thyssenkrupp Marine Systems on 30 October. It is binding in nature and is soon to be assessed by Norwegian and German purchasing officials for the armed forces. Furthermore, NDMA and BAAINBw have been negotiating with tkMS for some time. All parties to this process plan to sign next year. The information disclosed to date shows that the first of the ordered ships is to be handed over to the user no later than seven years after the contract has been signed.

[related1] Norway and Germany intend to jointly build six Type 212CD submarines (CD –common design) for their navy. In the tender procedure as early as 2017, the German tkMS was designated as the preferred supplier of units. The French shipbuilding company Naval Group was also put to tender, but its offer was rejected

To date, 10 submarines in the 212 family have been built, equipped with an air-independent drive (AIP). This is about type 212A units. Six of them received German Polish Navy Deutsche Marine. The units entered service from 2005 to 2016. Four more ships are equipped with the Italian fleet. Ships for Italy entered service from 2006 to 2017.

Of the six new submarines that will jointly build Norway and Germany, four vessels will be sent to the Norwegian Navy and two to the German Navy. In the case of Norway, the new A212CD will replace Ula-type units (these are also German Type 210 ships built for the Norwegians). Currently Polish Navy that country has six such units. They entered service from 1989 to 1992. These ships were designed for a 30-year period of operation, so their resurs will end in the mid-20s.

[related2] Last year, the Norwegian defence company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and the German tkMS and its subsidiary Atlas Elektronik established a joint venture with Naval Systems, which will be responsible for implementing the German-Norwegian order for six submarines. 50 percent of the shares in the company are held by Kongsberg, and the remaining 50 percent belong to tkMS and Atlas Elektronik.

According to previous findings, Norwegian Kongsberg will be a supplier of a combat system for new ships. This applies not only to batches of six units built jointly by Norway and Germany, but also to other ships which in the future tkMS will produce for other customers.

It is worth noting that Norway and Germany also cooperate in areas other than submarines. Kongsberg is, for example, an NSM missile supplier for the Deutsche Marine submarines. The industries of both countries also run other R & D projects together.

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