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The article reports on the approval by the budget committee to the Ministry of Defence's plan to buy four F125 frigates under a contract with the ARGE F125 consortium of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems and Lurssen Werft in Germany. The F125 are the German Navy's first ships planned from scratch fro modern asymmetric warfare conditions. Moreover, following the approval, the construction will begin in 2011, with one ship delivered each year from 2014 to 2017.

The article reports on the contract of Atlas Elektronik to equip the new F125 frigates by the German Navy. It notes that Atlas also will equip tactical data link system (ADLiS) and the combat management system of Atlas Naval Combat System (ANCS) together with F125. It is cited that ANCS can supply functions to F125 for engagement of terrorist threats and detection. It is said that ANCS has a low personnel requirement due to its user-centered operating concept.

Reports that the shipbuilder Blohm+Voss GmbH has delivered the first of three new F124 air-defense frigates to Germany's defense procurement agency. Capabilities of the frigates, which are called Sachsen; Blohm+Voss's joint venture partners; Replacement of the German Navy's Lutjens-class 103B destroyers.