He has authorized the celebration of A contract for the modernization of the processor of the Spy Radar System of the Navy F100 frigates (Álvaro de Bazán class).
The Spy radar system is A key component of the combat system from which these frigates are provided and its modernization will allow Improve capabilities of the same, in a general context of new threats, such as the Russian expansionist. One is contemplated investment of 13,924,410.34 eurosreports the official reference, consultable on the Spanish government website.
As indicated, the modernization of the radars of the F -100 frigates -which will be Complemented in the future by the new F-110 currently under construction by Navantia- it is part of one of the most important programs for the Sustainment and maintenance of capacities of the surface fleet of the Spanish Navy.
Currently, the Álvaro de Bazán class, or F-100, constitutes The main combat platform in service with the Spanish Navybeing also the first European construction boat equipped with the Aegis combat management system by Lockheed Martin, the same that incorporate the destroyers and cruises of the United States Navy.
This first step is framed in a modernization that will cover the five class ships (Álvaro de Bazán F-101, Admiral Juan de Borbón F-102, Blas de Lezo F-103, Méndez Núñez F-104 and Cristóbal Colón F-105), with an estimated investment in approximately approximately 2,000 million euroscontextualizes the specialized medium .
Provisioning and nodes
Moncloa has gone further and has also authorized The execution order for the design and construction of a provisioning ship, the BAC IIwhich will carry out Navantia in its facilities in Ferrol (A Coruña), a project to which they will be allocated 650 million of euros.
At present, the Navy has Two supply ships: The A-14 Patiño, which has been serving since 1995, and the A-14 Cantabria, in operation since 2010.
The new ship, which will have the latest advances and systems, will replace to Patiño, which is at the end of its useful life. The substitution is scheduled for 2030.
Provisioning ships are responsible for offer supplies, fuel, ammunition and resources to the rest of the Navy ships so that the fleets can operate far from their base of origin for long periods of time.
In the same way, the Executive has approved a contract for the supply and implementation of the deployable nodes of the national command and control systemas well as the construction and deployment services of the automatic display of drop -down nodes.
The tender will have a budget of 57 million euros for the configuration and commissioning of the nodes located in national territory and in the operations areasin addition to the development of an automatic system for the installation and safe configuration of these equipment.
