DISCOVER THE UNKNOWN

ation to our company. Since decades in field service, he has acquired

August 2009
L-3 ELAC Nautik Website Relaunch
In August L-3 ELAC Nautik launched a new website. A clear design and a
Newsletter
a highly valued reputation from our customers all over the world, thus
becoming most probably the best known employee of the company.
simplified user guidance offer several access possibilities and grant you
a quick and simple access to all required information about us and our
2009 / 2010
We would like to thank Uli for his endeavors and are looking forward products and services. Visit us: www.elac-nautik.de
to the next twenty years!

March 2010
Oceanology International 2010
This year’s Oceanology International in London offered a unique op- Again, the modernization of KRI NANGGALA takes place at DSME shi-
portunity to get in touch with our customers from all around the world. pyard in South Korea, like the first project for KRI CAKRA in 2005.
Agents and customers attended the exhibition during the full week The
features of the new multibeam system SeaBeam 3100 received a very
positive feedback. Many new customers visited our stand as well to January 2010
learn about details of the presented equipment. SeaBeam 3050 for FREMM frigates passes FAT
During the 3rd week of January, the system integrator for the new
New projects were discussed and a huge potential for new business Italian FREMM frigates, Orizzonte Sistemi Navali and L-3 ELAC Nautik
was envisioned in countries as far as Japan and Brazil, our European carried out the factory acceptance test (FAT) for the SeaBeam 3050
friends also took the opportunity to visit us. multibeam panoramic echo sounders.
June 2009
August 2009 1st Baynunah Class launched During three days all functionalities and performance data were ve-
Multibeam 3050 for FREMM On June 25, 2009 the Baynunah First Of Class has been launched at rified. The system passed the stringent military requirements without
Following an innovative approach for anti submarine warfare tasks, CMN shipyard in Cherbourg, France. any problems and will now be shipped to Italy for installation. The Se-
Orizzonte Sistemi Navali on behalf of the Italian Navy and L-3 ELAC aBeam 3050 will add new Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW) capabilities
Nautik signed a contract for the new Italian FREMM frigates. The The ceremony has been performed in the presence of the UAE Armed
scope of supply comprises four ASW multibeam sonars suited to the Forces Chief of Staff, Staff Lt General Hamad Thani Al Rumaithi, the UAE
actual version of the new frigates. Navy Chief of Staff, Staff Major General Ahmed Al Tunaiji, the Deputy
of the French Navy Chief of Staff, VADM Jacques Launay and of the
Compact wet ends, tailored to fit into the vessel’s hull to assure a per- North Sea and Channel Maritime Prefect, VA Philippe Périssé, as well
fect laminar flow, and a complete data processing station will be deli- as of Staff Brigadier Salem Al Zaabi, UAE Defence Attaché in Paris and
vered by L-3 ELAC Nautik. The contract is evidence for a new concept Mr Jean-Luc Laboureyras, representing the Ministry of Defence DGA/
in the ASW community and reflects the profound respect for the threat DDI (Direction of International Development by General Delegation for
by diesel electric submarines. The FREMM design did already include Armament).
a normal hull mounted ASW sonar (HMS), which will be maintained.
This vessel is the first unit of a series of 6 missile light corvettes, ordered
In addition the L-3 ELAC Nautik ASW multibeam sonar will be in- end of 2003 by the UAEN, the five following units being built by ADSB
stalled, which is a military hardened variant of a COTS multibeam (Abu Dhabi Ship Building) in the UAE L-3 ELAC Nautik provides the Na-
echo sounder, that the company is successfully producing for survey vigation and Detection Sonar NDS 3070 VANGUARD for this ship class. January 2010
applications. This will present the frigate’s close-in sensor for small The Sonar is integrated in the bridge system provided by L-3 Valmarine LOPAS 8300 for KRI Nanggala
submarines hiding below thermal or salt layers or staying hidden on from Norway and enables the ship to navigate even in mine contamina- L-3 ELAC Nautik received the contract for the sonar modernization of
the seafloor. Such submarines were hard to detect with hull mounted ted waters. the Indonesian Navy‘s submarine KRI NANGGALA. to the FREMM frigates. Upcoming activities will include the delivery of
sonars, especially in shallow coastal waters. the wet-ends and the FAT for the next panoramic echo sounders.
Like the first submarine KRI CAKRA, this HDW built 209 class subma-
rine will receive the new Passive Sonar System LOPAS 8300 instead
of the original ATLAS Elektronik system.
L-3 Communications ELAC Nautik GmbH | Neufeldtstrasse 10 | 24118 Kiel | Germany | Tel. +49 (0)431-883 0 | Fax +49 (0)431-883 496
elac.marketing@L-3com.com | www.elac-nautik.de | Design changes and errors reserved. V2/2010

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December 2009 October 2009

SeaBeam 3020 for Russian icebreaker 2 more UT 3000 for ex Swedish Navy submarines
End of December 2009, L-3 ELAC Nautik and Transas column (WCI). Special constructional procedures for the transducer arrays and L-3 ELAC Nautik received a contract for delivery of two
Russian Fleet Ltd. have signed a contract for delivery hydrophones allow these to withstand even extreme pressure of ice, they are Underwater Communication Systems UT 3000 in late
and installation of a multibeam system SeaBeam 3020. therefore in particular suitable for installation on icebreakers. October. These two systems will be installed onboard
The deep water system will be installed in a new ice- submarines of Västergötland class. In addition to ana-
breaking research vessel presently under construction In addition the research vessel will have a dual-frequency survey echo sounder logue voice communication the UT 3000 will enable
at the Admiralty Shipyard in St. Petersburg. HydroStar 4900 with 12/200 kHz, a newly developed system fulfilling all technical these submarines to perform digital data transfer. The
and scientific requirements. The system can measure and monitor the sea floor in advantage is a safer and faster communication of the
The newbuilding is meant for the Russian Federal Ser- water depths up to 10.000 m. submarine with other submarines or surface ships.
vice for Hydrometerology and Environmental Monitoring
(ROSHYDROMET) and will replace the research vessel
Akademik Feodorov. After the launching end of 2010, December 2009 September 2009
the vessel will be operated by the Arctic and Antarctic L-3 ELAC Nautik signs contract with Italian Navy for U 212 A submarines Installation successfully completed
Research Institute (AARI) for hydro-meteorological stu- The German/Italian project U 212 A has advanced into the second phase also for With a personal letter of thanks Captain Luis Niemann
dies and environmental monitoring during expeditions in L-3 ELAC Nautik. Since four submarines of this type have already been built for system SeaBeam 3050 in difficult shallow waters. This application is the latest Figari of the Chilean Navy has congratulated L-3 ELAC
the polar sea. the German Navy and two of them for the Italian Navy, in December L-3 ELAC approach and will be realized for the first time on the FREMM frigates of the Nautik on the frictionless installation of the multibeam
Nautik has been awarded the contract for delivery of the echo sounder and un- Italian Navy, presently under construction. system SeaBeam 3020 on the ice breaker OSCAR VIEL.
The multibeam system from Kiel will thus contribute a derwater communication systems as well as the sonar beacon units.
considerable contingent to the environmental monito- Within short the vessel will start its journey to the marine
ring of the polar regions. October 2009 station Arturo Prat in the Chilean part of the Antarctic
November 2009 HydroStar 4900 for POSEIDON and put the SeaBeam 3020 to a first endurance test
At a very early stage, while preparing the quotation, L-3 UT 3000 for Australian AWD IFM GEOMAR has chosen a deep sea echo sounder HydroStar 4900 of L-3 ELAC during survey operations.
ELAC Nautik has intensively supported the customer L-3 Nautronix (Australia) and L-3 ELAC Nautik have been awarded a con- Nautik for installation on the research vessel POSEIDON.
with detailed installation proposals, individually tailored, tract by Ultra Electronics to deliver Underwater Communication Systems for The Chilean Navy is looking forward to a further suc-
under special consideration of the sophisticated hydro- the new Australian AWD (Air Warfare Destroyer). The first ship of this series is cessful cooperation with our company – a compliment,
acoustic and constructional requirements of the vessel. foreseen to be commissioned by the RAN (Royal Australian Navy) end of 2014. which we would like to pay wholeheartedly in return!

The delivery volume includes the 20 kHz multibeam L-3 ELAC Nautik and L-3 Nautronix will merge their UT 3000 and HAIL (Hydro-
system SeaBeam 3020 in the icebreaking version, suc- Acoustic Information Link), a special transmission method for reliable and low- September 2009
cessfully installed in 2009 on the Chilean icebreaker probability-of-intercept digital communications. Multibeam 3012 for INVESTIGATOR
Almirante Oscar Viel Toro, as well as computer work- L-3 ELAC Nautik has been contracted by the Indian Navy
stations for data processing, the appropriate software, Combining these two highly innovative products will result in brand new operati- Hydrographic Office (INHO) for the delivery of a deepwa-
a synchronizing unit for the hydro-acoustic systems and onal capabilities for digital underwater communication. ter multibeam system 3012. The system will be installed
an ice-proof sound velocity system. onboard the survey vessel INVESTIGATOR in late 2009.

Seabeam 3020 belongs to the latest generation of mult- November 2009 The new system will enable the vessel to survey the
ibeam deepwater systems by L-3 ELAC Nautik. The new COE CSW in Kiel seafloor up to full ocean depth. This contract shows
patented Swept Beam Technology allows compensation The Confined and Shallow Waters Conference 2009 by the Center of Excellence the continuity of L-3 ELAC Nautik supplies for INHO.
of ship’s motion such as roll, heave and pitch by a new (COE) was held from November 10 to 12, 2009 at Sparkassen-Arena-Kiel. Together with the SeaBeam 3012 L-3 ELAC Nautik de-
revolutionary transmission mode, offering an extremely This modern hydrographic echo sounder is a sensor which fulfils the require- livers two shallow water multibeam systems for mobile
wide coverage as well as near field focusing in shallow Many of the 150 participants, mainly high ranking officers of the NATO Navies, ments of IHO (International Hydrographic Organization) and allows highly precise survey launch installation.
water. were highly interested in the L-3 ELAC Nautik systems shown at the accompa- measurement of water depth during world-wide operations. The system will be
nying exhibition. installed in the spring of 2010.
By this new technology the disadvantages of sectoral September 2009
transmitting and scanning can be avoided. Besides ba- A lecture was presented about the common project, the identification of friend- 40th anniversary
thy-metric data, the system can also present and store ly submarines (IFS) by means of the underwater telephone system UT 3000. A Ulrich Paproth, L-3 ELAC Nautik’s well-known technician
side scan sonar data and information from the water second lecture informed how submarines can be detected with the multibeam and key account manager, celebrated 40 years of affili-

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 Newsletter 2009 / 2010
DISCOVER THE UNKNOWN

December 2009 October 2009

SeaBeam 3020 for Russian icebreaker 2 more UT 3000 for ex Swedish Navy submarines
End of December 2009, L-3 ELAC Nautik and Transas column (WCI). Special constructional procedures for the transducer arrays and L-3 ELAC Nautik received a contract for delivery of two
Russian Fleet Ltd. have signed a contract for delivery hydrophones allow these to withstand even extreme pressure of ice, they are Underwater Communication Systems UT 3000 in late
and installation of a multibeam system SeaBeam 3020. therefore in particular suitable for installation on icebreakers. October. These two systems will be installed onboard
The deep water system will be installed in a new ice- submarines of Västergötland class. In addition to ana-
breaking research vessel presently under construction In addition the research vessel will have a dual-frequency survey echo sounder logue voice communication the UT 3000 will enable
at the Admiralty Shipyard in St. Petersburg. HydroStar 4900 with 12/200 kHz, a newly developed system fulfilling all technical these submarines to perform digital data transfer. The
and scientific requirements. The system can measure and monitor the sea floor in advantage is a safer and faster communication of the
The newbuilding is meant for the Russian Federal Ser- water depths up to 10.000 m. submarine with other submarines or surface ships.
vice for Hydrometerology and Environmental Monitoring
(ROSHYDROMET) and will replace the research vessel
Akademik Feodorov. After the launching end of 2010, December 2009 September 2009
the vessel will be operated by the Arctic and Antarctic L-3 ELAC Nautik signs contract with Italian Navy for U 212 A submarines Installation successfully completed
Research Institute (AARI) for hydro-meteorological stu- The German/Italian project U 212 A has advanced into the second phase also for With a personal letter of thanks Captain Luis Niemann
dies and environmental monitoring during expeditions in L-3 ELAC Nautik. Since four submarines of this type have already been built for system SeaBeam 3050 in difficult shallow waters. This application is the latest Figari of the Chilean Navy has congratulated L-3 ELAC
the polar sea. the German Navy and two of them for the Italian Navy, in December L-3 ELAC approach and will be realized for the first time on the FREMM frigates of the Nautik on the frictionless installation of the multibeam
Nautik has been awarded the contract for delivery of the echo sounder and un- Italian Navy, presently under construction. system SeaBeam 3020 on the ice breaker OSCAR VIEL.
The multibeam system from Kiel will thus contribute a derwater communication systems as well as the sonar beacon units.
considerable contingent to the environmental monito- Within short the vessel will start its journey to the marine
ring of the polar regions. October 2009 station Arturo Prat in the Chilean part of the Antarctic
November 2009 HydroStar 4900 for POSEIDON and put the SeaBeam 3020 to a first endurance test
At a very early stage, while preparing the quotation, L-3 UT 3000 for Australian AWD IFM GEOMAR has chosen a deep sea echo sounder HydroStar 4900 of L-3 ELAC during survey operations.
ELAC Nautik has intensively supported the customer L-3 Nautronix (Australia) and L-3 ELAC Nautik have been awarded a con- Nautik for installation on the research vessel POSEIDON.
with detailed installation proposals, individually tailored, tract by Ultra Electronics to deliver Underwater Communication Systems for The Chilean Navy is looking forward to a further suc-
under special consideration of the sophisticated hydro- the new Australian AWD (Air Warfare Destroyer). The first ship of this series is cessful cooperation with our company – a compliment,
acoustic and constructional requirements of the vessel. foreseen to be commissioned by the RAN (Royal Australian Navy) end of 2014. which we would like to pay wholeheartedly in return!

The delivery volume includes the 20 kHz multibeam L-3 ELAC Nautik and L-3 Nautronix will merge their UT 3000 and HAIL (Hydro-
system SeaBeam 3020 in the icebreaking version, suc- Acoustic Information Link), a special transmission method for reliable and low- September 2009
cessfully installed in 2009 on the Chilean icebreaker probability-of-intercept digital communications. Multibeam 3012 for INVESTIGATOR
Almirante Oscar Viel Toro, as well as computer work- L-3 ELAC Nautik has been contracted by the Indian Navy
stations for data processing, the appropriate software, Combining these two highly innovative products will result in brand new operati- Hydrographic Office (INHO) for the delivery of a deepwa-
a synchronizing unit for the hydro-acoustic systems and onal capabilities for digital underwater communication. ter multibeam system 3012. The system will be installed
an ice-proof sound velocity system. onboard the survey vessel INVESTIGATOR in late 2009.

Seabeam 3020 belongs to the latest generation of mult- November 2009 The new system will enable the vessel to survey the
ibeam deepwater systems by L-3 ELAC Nautik. The new COE CSW in Kiel seafloor up to full ocean depth. This contract shows
patented Swept Beam Technology allows compensation The Confined and Shallow Waters Conference 2009 by the Center of Excellence the continuity of L-3 ELAC Nautik supplies for INHO.
of ship’s motion such as roll, heave and pitch by a new (COE) was held from November 10 to 12, 2009 at Sparkassen-Arena-Kiel. Together with the SeaBeam 3012 L-3 ELAC Nautik de-
revolutionary transmission mode, offering an extremely This modern hydrographic echo sounder is a sensor which fulfils the require- livers two shallow water multibeam systems for mobile
wide coverage as well as near field focusing in shallow Many of the 150 participants, mainly high ranking officers of the NATO Navies, ments of IHO (International Hydrographic Organization) and allows highly precise survey launch installation.
water. were highly interested in the L-3 ELAC Nautik systems shown at the accompa- measurement of water depth during world-wide operations. The system will be
nying exhibition. installed in the spring of 2010.
By this new technology the disadvantages of sectoral September 2009
transmitting and scanning can be avoided. Besides ba- A lecture was presented about the common project, the identification of friend- 40th anniversary
thy-metric data, the system can also present and store ly submarines (IFS) by means of the underwater telephone system UT 3000. A Ulrich Paproth, L-3 ELAC Nautik’s well-known technician
side scan sonar data and information from the water second lecture informed how submarines can be detected with the multibeam and key account manager, celebrated 40 years of affili-

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DISCOVER THE UNKNOWN

ation to our company. Since decades in field service, he has acquired

August 2009
L-3 ELAC Nautik Website Relaunch
In August L-3 ELAC Nautik launched a new website. A clear design and a
Newsletter
a highly valued reputation from our customers all over the world, thus
becoming most probably the best known employee of the company.
simplified user guidance offer several access possibilities and grant you
a quick and simple access to all required information about us and our
2009 / 2010
We would like to thank Uli for his endeavors and are looking forward products and services. Visit us: www.elac-nautik.de
to the next twenty years!

March 2010
Oceanology International 2010
This year’s Oceanology International in London offered a unique op- Again, the modernization of KRI NANGGALA takes place at DSME shi-
portunity to get in touch with our customers from all around the world. pyard in South Korea, like the first project for KRI CAKRA in 2005.
Agents and customers attended the exhibition during the full week The
features of the new multibeam system SeaBeam 3100 received a very
positive feedback. Many new customers visited our stand as well to January 2010
learn about details of the presented equipment. SeaBeam 3050 for FREMM frigates passes FAT
During the 3rd week of January, the system integrator for the new
New projects were discussed and a huge potential for new business Italian FREMM frigates, Orizzonte Sistemi Navali and L-3 ELAC Nautik
was envisioned in countries as far as Japan and Brazil, our European carried out the factory acceptance test (FAT) for the SeaBeam 3050
friends also took the opportunity to visit us. multibeam panoramic echo sounders.
June 2009
August 2009 1st Baynunah Class launched During three days all functionalities and performance data were ve-
Multibeam 3050 for FREMM On June 25, 2009 the Baynunah First Of Class has been launched at rified. The system passed the stringent military requirements without
Following an innovative approach for anti submarine warfare tasks, CMN shipyard in Cherbourg, France. any problems and will now be shipped to Italy for installation. The Se-
Orizzonte Sistemi Navali on behalf of the Italian Navy and L-3 ELAC aBeam 3050 will add new Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW) capabilities
Nautik signed a contract for the new Italian FREMM frigates. The The ceremony has been performed in the presence of the UAE Armed
scope of supply comprises four ASW multibeam sonars suited to the Forces Chief of Staff, Staff Lt General Hamad Thani Al Rumaithi, the UAE
actual version of the new frigates. Navy Chief of Staff, Staff Major General Ahmed Al Tunaiji, the Deputy
of the French Navy Chief of Staff, VADM Jacques Launay and of the
Compact wet ends, tailored to fit into the vessel’s hull to assure a per- North Sea and Channel Maritime Prefect, VA Philippe Périssé, as well
fect laminar flow, and a complete data processing station will be deli- as of Staff Brigadier Salem Al Zaabi, UAE Defence Attaché in Paris and
vered by L-3 ELAC Nautik. The contract is evidence for a new concept Mr Jean-Luc Laboureyras, representing the Ministry of Defence DGA/
in the ASW community and reflects the profound respect for the threat DDI (Direction of International Development by General Delegation for
by diesel electric submarines. The FREMM design did already include Armament).
a normal hull mounted ASW sonar (HMS), which will be maintained.
This vessel is the first unit of a series of 6 missile light corvettes, ordered
In addition the L-3 ELAC Nautik ASW multibeam sonar will be in- end of 2003 by the UAEN, the five following units being built by ADSB
stalled, which is a military hardened variant of a COTS multibeam (Abu Dhabi Ship Building) in the UAE L-3 ELAC Nautik provides the Na-
echo sounder, that the company is successfully producing for survey vigation and Detection Sonar NDS 3070 VANGUARD for this ship class. January 2010
applications. This will present the frigate’s close-in sensor for small The Sonar is integrated in the bridge system provided by L-3 Valmarine LOPAS 8300 for KRI Nanggala
submarines hiding below thermal or salt layers or staying hidden on from Norway and enables the ship to navigate even in mine contamina- L-3 ELAC Nautik received the contract for the sonar modernization of
the seafloor. Such submarines were hard to detect with hull mounted ted waters. the Indonesian Navy‘s submarine KRI NANGGALA. to the FREMM frigates. Upcoming activities will include the delivery of
sonars, especially in shallow coastal waters. the wet-ends and the FAT for the next panoramic echo sounders.
Like the first submarine KRI CAKRA, this HDW built 209 class subma-
rine will receive the new Passive Sonar System LOPAS 8300 instead
of the original ATLAS Elektronik system.
L-3 Communications ELAC Nautik GmbH | Neufeldtstrasse 10 | 24118 Kiel | Germany | Tel. +49 (0)431-883 0 | Fax +49 (0)431-883 496
elac.marketing@L-3com.com | www.elac-nautik.de | Design changes and errors reserved. V2/2010