BAE Systems has been selected by the vessel contractor to provide the German federal police force, Bundespolizei, with three 57mm naval guns for its three new 86m Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) built by Fassmer shipyard. The gun systems, known as the Bofors 57 Mk3, will support the maritime arm of the Bundespolizei that monitors the country’s North Sea and Baltic coastlines.
The Indonesian Navy has selected BAE Systems’ Bofors 57 Mk3 naval gun system for the country’s KCR-60 fast-attack vessel program. The initial contracts with government-owned shipbuilder PT PAL Indonesia include four 57 Mk3 gun systems.
Naval News learned during LIMA 2019 that all 6 main guns for the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) 6 LCS Frigates have already been produced by BAE Systems Bofors in Sweden. LIMA 2019 was the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace exhibition held last week in Malaysia.
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) and BAE Systems Bofors AB recently signed an agreement to acquire two new Bofors Mk 4 40 mm guns for the country’s Navy.
