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New Zealand’s ANZAC Frigates Getting Combat UpgradesDec 04, 2014 18:25 UTC by Defense Industry Daily staff

Dec 3/14: Defensive. Rheinmetall announces that it won a €4.2 million ($5.2M) contract from prime contractor Lockheed Martin Canada to equip New Zealand 2 ANZAC frigates with its Multi Ammunition Softkill System (MASS) in its in twin-launcher MASS_2L configuration. According to the company this includes a long-range capability and 2 naval laser warning systems (NLWS) made by Saab. Rheinmetall manufactures MASS in its Buck Fronau plant in Bavaria, while the NLWS parts will be shipped from South Africa to New Zealand for integration by Lockheed Martin.
Sept 18/14: Radars. Thales will deliver 2 SMART-S Mk2 radars to New Zealand in early 2016 and 2017 respectively, according to the company. This opens the fledgling CAMM market for Thales.
It’s time to modernize New Zealand’s only serious combat ships. New Zealand bought 2 ANZAC frigates in the 1990s, as a cooperative venture with Australia using the MEKO 100 German design. F77 Te Kaha was commissioned in 1996, and F111 Te Mana was commissioned in 1997. At the time, the ships were adequate low-end frigates, but 20 years later, they’re simply obsolete. New Zealand has long realized that changes were required, and has been planning and funding a whole series of changes since 2006.
Zealand’s ships lack the RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles carried by their Australian counterparts, and carry SH-2G Super Seasprite helicopters instead of larger S-70 Seahawks. They also continue to rely on obsolete RIM-7F Sea Sparrow missiles, instead of the RIM-162 ESSM missiles aboard Australian ships.
The Frigate Systems Upgrade (FSU) program’s new combat system and radar upgrades were approved in 2012, but they follow a series of changes to New Zealand’s ANZACs. Those include changes to improve stability and power-generating diesel engines, compartment configuration changes, installation of a new integrated platform management system (IPMS), and upgrades to onboard environmental control. New Zealand also bought Australia’s low flight-hours SH-2G fleet, along with Kongsberg’s Penguin Mk.3 helicopter-launched anti-ship missiles, and upgraded the Pahalanx systems on board to Block IB status.
The final upgrade will modernize the core combat system to the Saab/Lockheed CanACCS 9LV standard, and integrate it with radar improvements, MBDA’s independently-guided Sea Ceptor missiles, and other modern equipment. Overall, it brings the frigates up from “obsolete” status to that of low-end modern frigates or a high-end corvette.
Upgrades are scheduled to begin in 2016.
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