Report on the Royal Navy equipment exhibition 1989; a low-key event with no discernible main themes.
Armada International › Vol. 13 Nbr. 6, December 1989
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Report on the Royal Navy equipment exhibition 1989; a low-key event with no discernible main themes.
Report on the Royal Navy Equipment Exhibition 1989
A Low-Key Event With no Discernible Main Themes The first major announcement made at the show was the teaming of Racal Radar Defence Systems with Thomson-CSF and Telefunken System Technik to bid for the EW suite for the NFR-90 frigate. This is claimed to be the first international consortium put together specifically to bid for the NFR-90. The consortium's chances, however, may be harmed by the British Ministry Defence's decision to pull out of the NFR-90 project, announced on 29 September. Rolls-Royce announced on Press Day that the uprated SMIC variant of the Marine Spey 20 MW gas turbine will be installed in HMS "Brave" in early 1990, replacing the SMIA Marine Speys installed in the frigate when she was launched four years ago. She was the first RN ship at sea with the navalized Spey, altho...See the full content of this document
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