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Home» Event News» MAST Asia 2019»MAST Asia: Thales Pitching Artemis IRST for JMSDF 30FFM Baseline 2
Thales Artemis IRST

MAST Asia: Thales Pitching Artemis IRST for JMSDF 30FFM Baseline 2

Xavier Vavasseur 18 Jun 2019

At MAST Asia 2019, the defense exhibition and conference currently held near Tokyo, Japan, Thales is showcasing the Artemis infra-red search and track (IRST) system.

A Thales Japan representative told Naval News that the company is currently proposing the Artemis IRST to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) future 30FFM Baseline 2 frigate.

According to Thales, Artemis is a fully passive infrared surveillance system able to automatically detect, track and classify both air and surface tar-gets simultaneously. Artemis is able to detect and track maneuvering and stealthy threats as well as surface asymmetric threats. The distributed sensor architecture allows Artemis to perform a full panoramic and wide elevation coverage without any blind sector.

Artemis is able to detect and track maneuvering and stealthy new threats (fighter aircraft, sea-skimming anti-ship mis-sile) as well as surface asymmetric threats (fast attack ship, small craft, jet ski).

Artemis is the IRST system fitted aboard the FREMM multi-mission frigates of the French Navy as well as on aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle.

According to Thales, there is currently no equivalent system used by the JMSDF or proposed by the Japanese industry. Thales could offer the Artemis solution via a cooperation with the local industry. Thales has previously cooperated with local companies such as Itachi and more recently with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the OZZ-5 UUV (fitted with Thales SAMDIS sonars).

30FFM scale model on MHI stand at MAST Asia 2019

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is currently under contract to build the first 30FFM frigate of the first baseline, while Mitsui will build the second one (of baseline 1). The 30FFM program calls for a total of 20 frigates, including 8 in the baseline 1 configuration. The baseline 2 will feature more advanced systems. There will be a baseline 3 down the road as well.

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Posted by : Xavier Vavasseur
Xavier is based in Paris, France. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and a Master of Business Administration from Florida Institute of Technology (FIT). Xavier has been covering naval defense topics for nearly a decade.

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