📋 Tender Overview
Leonardos naval systems have been put through their paces in a recent NATO exercise demonstrating their advanced technology and operational effectiveness. The range of systems which included detection tracking communication command and control capabilities were on show between the 15th and 30th May at the MOD Hebrides Range in Scotland UK as part of At Sea Demonstration Formidable Shield 2021 ASD FS21 NATOs main air defence and anti-missile exercise.The realistic scenario saw live and simulated engagements against subsonic supersonic and ballistic missiles in the skies. Naval vessels aircraft and land vehicles from 10 nations tested their information exchange and interoperability capabilities as part of a simulated coalition-level response.A number of Leonardo technologies were on-board the Italian Navys Antonio Marceglia the eighth frigate to be delivered under the FREMM European multi-purpose frigate programme. This included the Kronos MFRA Multi-Function Radar Active 3D radar that can locate classify and track targets within a 250kmradius. The Kronos MFRA was able to locate ballistic missiles in flight as they reached speeds of over 1800ms and accelerated at over 6G and continued tracking the missiles over 200km.At the trial the frigate also made use of its MDLP-EVO Multi Data Link Processor communication system to exchange tactical data while its IFF Identification Friend or Foe system updated to the NATO Mode-5 standard helped distinguish between allies and potential threats.The brain of the ship its Combat Management System CMS coordinated the frigates air defence and anti-missile operations processing data from the ships various sensors and presenting a real-time tactical picture of the scenario to the frigate crew and other units supporting decisions and interventions at a coalition level.Leonardos weapon systems also saw positive results during the trial. The Super Rapido naval gun with 76mm DART guided ammunition demonstrated its ability to protected its host ship from even the most sophisticated threats. Meanwhile the Aster 30 missile from MBDA a European joint venture in which Leonardo has a 25 share proved its ability to intercept incoming missiles.
