Israel Ministry of Defense, Israel shipyards sign NIS 90 m. deal for floating dock
The floating dock will allow for the maintenance of new Sa'ar 6 corvettes and submarines
By Anna Ahronheim, November 6, 2019 , the Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Ministry-of-Defense-to-purchase-maintenance-facility-from-Israel-Shipyards-607027
Floating dock from Israel Shipyards.
(photo credit: MINISTRY OF DEFENSE SPOKESPERSON'S OFFICE)
Israel’s Ministry of Defense
has signed a new agreement with Israel Shipyards to purchase a large
floating dock for the maintenance of the Navy’s submarines and new Sa’ar
6 corvettes.
Model of Saar 6 Missile Corvette
The future Israeli Navy Saar 6 corvette. Picture: TKMS/Israeli Navy via bmpd.livejournal.com
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The procurement agreement signed between the Ministry’s
Department of Production and Procurement (DOPP) and Israel Shipyards is
worth an estimated NIS 90 million and will include the construction of a
floating dock which will be completed within two years as well as
support and maintenance work for the next ten years.
The floating dock will allow staff to raise the ships above
sea level for regular maintenance work as well as to allow for the
installation of Israeli combat systems onto the vessels after they
arrive from Germany.
I.N.S. Dolfin at Haifa Naval Dock
I.N.S. Dolfin leaving Haifa Naval Dock
the new I.N.S. Dolfin II class cutaway
In addition, as part of the agreement the Ministry of
Defense selected Israel Shipyards to lead the planning and construction
of the Navy’s
future ships in order to replace older models built in the 1980s and
1990s. The initial planning phase will take over a year, the defense
ministry said.
“In our joint effort, we have succeeded in raising a NIS
budget, which will keep the work in Israel, in spite of budgetary
constraints,” Avid Dadon, the Head of the Department of Production and
Procurement in the Ministry of Defense was quoted as saying.
The construction of the four Sa’ar 6 warships was agreed to
in a 430 million euro deal between Israel and the German company
ThyssenKrupp in 2015 and are set to arrive by 2021.
The new Sa’ar 6 vessels will defend Israel’s offshore
natural gas reserves as well as other strategic maritime assets and
according to the military also maintain “Israel's sovereignty in the
near and far seas, destroying the enemy's war fleets and significantly
contributing to complex and secret missions in the war-between-war
campaign.”
The new 90 meter long ships will carry a crew of 70 sailors
who will be assisted by unmanned aerial vehicle and naval helicopters.
It will have a maximum speed of 24 knots with a range of 2,500 nautical
miles.
They will be fitted with two Naval Iron Dome short range
defense missile launchers with 20 Tamir missiles for each launcher and
Barak-8 long-range surface-to-air missile naval defense system.
In addition to interception missile defense systems the
ships will also have 16 anti-ship missiles, one 76mm Oto Melara Super
Rapid main gun, two Typhoon 25mm remote weapon stations and two 324mm
torpedo launchers for MK54 Lightweight Torpedos. Each ship will also
be outfitted with cyber and electronic warfare systems
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