The UK Ministry of Defence, Ship Missile Systems Integrated Project Team, has awarded AMS Customer Support Division a contract valued at £6.5m, for the provision of a new J-Band synthesiser for the Radar 909, part of the Royal Navy's Sea Dart Surface to Air Missile System used on Type 42 Destroyers.
The J-Band sub-system within the 909 radar is the target illuminator. The seeker in the missile uses the reflected signals from this radar to guide it to its target.
Sea Dart has been in service with the Royal Navy since 1973. It is to remain in service with the RN until the Type 45 Destroyer replaces the Type 42 Destroyer. This new order will significantly reduce the maintenance costs of the Sea Dart system until then.
Alex Hannam, Managing Director, Customer Support Division, said "We are delighted to win this contract and to work closely with the UK Ministry of Defence to reduce maintenance costs on this important system."
AMS views Customer Support as a vital yet integral part of its business, The experience gained over nearly fifty years places AMS in a unique position to provide support solutions tailored to each customers' individual needs.
AMS is a multi-national electronic systems company specialising in the design, manufacture and supply of radar and mission critical command, control and management systems to defence forces and air traffic management authorities throughout the world.
AMS is a joint venture company owned equally by Finmeccanica of Italy and BAE Systems of the UK. It employs 7,600 people, has a turnover in excess of ¤1.2bn with a healthy order book of ¤4bn which underpins its ambitious growth plans for the next four years. AMS has an established customer base in over 100 countries.
AMS is always making sure that its customers have the ability to see, to think and to act with intelligence across land, sea and air.
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AMS Reduces Maintenance Costs of the Sea Dart Surface To Air Missile System
