New Terma radar to the Royal Danish Navy

( Lystrup, Denmark - 13 Sept. 2005 ) Terma's new radar for surveillance operations at sea monitors both sea level and airspace in a radius of up to 160 km. It can, thus, become a very efficient tool on board the Royal Danish Navy's new Offshore Patrol Vessels.

On Friday, 9 September 2005, Terma and the Royal Danish Navy Materiel Command signed a contract for two radar systems to the new Offshore Patrol Vessels which will patrol the North Atlantic. The contract is a result of a multi-annual development project between the Royal Danish Navy and Terma.


With a detection range of 160 km and a unique ability to detect and maintain even small targets during harsh weather conditions, Terma's new SCANTER 4100 radar is particularly suitable for surveillance and rescue operations at sea.

The principal tasks for the Offshore Patrol Vessels are sea surveillance, rescue service, fishery inspection, and enforcement of Danish sovereignty in the North Atlantic. Surveillance and rescues at sea are highly in these parts of the world. The weather is unpredictable, and sometimes harsh. The requirements for the radar to detect and maintain even small objects in low visibility and high sea are excessive. It is this ability which makes Terma's new SCANTER 4100 particularly suitable for these purposes.

Furthermore, the SCANTER 4100 is even suitable for guiding helicopters to land on board the ship during weather conditions that normally would exclude helicopter flights. In the end, it could be a matter of life or death during difficult rescue operations at sea.

In the last few years, the increased focus on terror protection, smuggling, and, in some parts of the world, even hold-ups at sea intensify the demands for effective surveillance tools. Despite an increased use of surveillance from planes and satellites, the radar is still the most reliable equipment for these types of surveillance jobs. Regardless of the weather conditions, the navy vessels and coast guards are provided with reliable data about vessels and lanes which have not made themselves known.

On this background, Terma predicts great interest and demand for the new generation of radars.

The SCANTER 4100 systems will be delivered to the Royal Danish Navy in 2008. It is the same type of radar which Terma delivers to the Royal Navy's new Ocean Patrol Vessel which will be deployed in the South Atlantic surrounding the Falkland Islands in the summer of 2007.

Terma will also deliver command and control systems to the Royal Danish Navy's new Offshore Patrol Vessels.

New Offshore Patrol Vessels
The Offshore Patrol Vessels will replace two of the existing cutters in Greenland, and due to bigger dimensions, increased endurance and higher capacity they are more suitable for operating in waters near Greenland as well as for participating in international operations. The first vessel is planned to be delivered from Karstensens Skibsværft, Denmark in 2008 and is expected to be in operation same year.

About Terma
Terma develops products and systems for a long range of civilian and military purposes including radar systems, command and control systems and self-protection systems for naval vessels, command and control systems for land and air defense, communication systems, systems for protection of airplanes and for photo recognition, systems for space travel and air traffic management and structure part for the airplane industry.

Terma A/S is headquartered in Lystrup near Aarhus in Denmark, and possesses subsidiaries and offices in a range of European countries and the US. The company employees 1,075 employees and in 2004/2005 the turnover was 1,200 million Danish kroner with an export share of 80 percent.

For further information on Terma, see www.terma.com

Source : Terma A/S