Paris - DCNS has signed two contracts with Chilean naval shipyard Asmar to modernize two German Type 209 diesel-electric submarines operated by the Ecuadorian Navy, the French naval systems company said in a statement Feb. 25.
The contracts, signed Dec. 22, were worth more than 10 million euros ($14.8 million) to DCNS, the French company said.
Under one of the contracts, signed by DCNS' wholly owned subsidiary, UDS International, a German-designed combat system will be replaced with DCNS' Subtics system, which comprises a combat management system supplied by DCNS and Chilean company SISDEF. The new system will link up with a Thales sonar suite and a new-generation torpedo system from WASS of Italy.
Under the second contract, teams from DCNS' Cherbourg shipyard will provide technical assistance to Asmar in cutting the hulls of the Ecuadorian submarines in half to allow overhaul and replacement of the diesel engines and generators. Asmar will do the cutting work at its yard in Chile.
The deals were signed after Ecuador awarded Asmar a large contract to modernize and refit the submarines, DCNS said.
HDW of Germany builds the Type 209 boat.
The Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program is ready to test a few components that soldiers may have in their hands by 2010.
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