According to a PR published by Kongsberg on March 17, 2022, the Norwegian firm and Navantia have signed a memorandum of understanding with the objective of exploring potential mutual collaboration in support of and future modernization of the Royal Norwegian Navy F-310 Nansen class frigates.
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Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate HNoMS Otto Sverdrup (Picture source: Cdnimg)
The Nansen Class Frigates, delivered between 2006 and 2011, were designed and built by Navantia for the Norwegian Navy. Navantia has been supporting the Norwegian Navy since 2013 in the sustainment and maintenance of the frigates.
KONGSBERG was one of the main subcontractors of such Nansen Class Frigate Program and supplied the national parts of the Combat System: anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare systems based on the company's combat management system architecture as well as the navigations system. KONGSBERG has been supporting the frigates for many years since.
Under the present agreement, the state-owned company NAVANTIA and KONGSBERG (51% state-owned company), will evaluate ways of joint
collaboration in the future support of the frigates' modernization and with the ultimate goal of providing the best solutions to the Norwegian Armed Forces.
The Fridtjof Nansen-class frigates are a class of frigates that are the main surface combatant units of the Royal Norwegian Navy. The total projected cost for all five ships is 21 billion kr (about USD 2.39 billion).
They boast impressive capabilities with the inaugural installation of the relatively small Lockheed Martin SPY-1F multifunction electronically scanned fixed-array radar feeding the Aegis combat system. A CAPTAS Mk II towed-array sonar provides longer-range submarine detection. The class has an anti-ship Naval Strike Missile and an organic NH-90 helicopter.
