Rome 08 September 2015 17:00
- Selex ES will upgrade six vessels of the Royal Bahrain Naval Force and provide the relevant training services
- The contract reflects Selex ES’s excellence in the naval domain and its successful commercial positioning in the strategic Gulf region
Finmeccanica - Selex ES has signed a contract worth in excess of €50 million with the Royal Bahrain Naval Force to upgrade six naval vessels.
The upgrades will be completed in less than five years’ time. Training services and logistics will also be provided in line with the company’s commercial strategy.
Selex ES has developed a leading role in the naval systems market by providing highly-capable systems that are modular and scalable, allowing them to be effectively adapted to meet varying customer requirements. This contract is the latest in a string of successes for the company in the Gulf region; in Bahrain specifically the company has already signed contracts with the Bahrain Civil Aviation (BCA) organisation and the Bahrain Air Force (BAF) to provide primary and secondary surveillance radar systems.