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Thales Wins Estonia Contract To Upgrade Minehunters

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016

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Thales Wins Estonia Contract To Upgrade Minehunters

Estonian Navy Sandown-class minehunters. Photo: Estonian Navy.

The Estonian Ministry of Defense awarded Thales as prime contractor to upgrade the country’s three Sandown-Class Single Role Minehunters, the company said Monday.As prime contractor, Thales is responsible for revised vessel design, equipment/system specification and procurement, platform and system integration, shipyard management and all test, trial and acceptance events. The company will also supply the minehunters’ mission package, which includes new navigation systems, Sonar 2193 wideband hull mounted sonar, the M-CUBE command and control system (C2), and a fleet mine…

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