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Fourth Baynunah class corvette launched

Issue No. 5 | March 01-15, 2012

Selex Sistemi Integrati, a Finmeccanica company, took part in the launching of the fourth Baynunah class corvette, named Mezyad, which took place on February 15 at the Abu Dhabi Ship Building Company in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates). Many local authorities attended the launching ceremony together with the representatives of Abu Dhabi Systems Integration (ADSI), the joint venture created by Selex Sistemi Integrati and the Abu Dhabi Ship Building shipyard.

The Baynunah programme, managed by ADSI, relates to the supply of six 70-metre advanced corvettes to the UAE Navy.

The six corvettes are all equipped with the IPN-S/R combat management system and the NA25XM fire control systems by Selex Sistemi Integrati which is also the main supplier and integrator of the systems onboard.