According to information published by iXblue on December 13, 2021, the firm has been selected by the Finnish Navy to provide Phins Series Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) and Netans Data Distribution Units (DDU) as part of the Finnish Navy’s SQUADRON 2020 Project.
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Artist rendering of future Pohjanmaa class multi-role corvettes (Picture source: Finnish MoD)
This project involves the development of four Pohjanmaa class multi-role corvettes by the Finnish shipyard Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC). Together with existing Hamina-class missile boats, they will form the backbone of the Finnish Navy. Furuno is in charge of providing a fully integrated navigation system for those future vessels.
Phins Series is an INS based on the Fiber-Optic Gyroscope (FOG) technology. Purely solid-state, the FOG technology does not require preventive maintenance, which implies significant long-term savings for users.
The Pohjanmaa class is a series of four multi-role corvettes currently under development for the Finnish Navy as part of the Squadron 2020 (Finnish: Laivue 2020) project.
The overall length of the Pohjanmaa-class corvettes will be about 114 metres (374 ft 0 in) and the beam about 16 metres (52 ft 6 in). The maximum draught of the vessels will be about 5 metres (16 ft 5 in) which correspond to a displacement of about 3,900 tonnes (3,800 long tons).
