Imtech Selected for the New Turkish Navy Milgem
10 July 2007 16:43
Major break-through for Imtech on the Turkish naval market Rotterdam
Imtech Marine & Offshore has been awarded the contract by Turkish defence organisation SSM for the delivery of an extensive Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS) for the first class of the new Turkish naval Milgem corvette.
Imtech will execute this program together with it's Turkish partner Yaltes and will be the first candidate to supply the same system on the remaining 11 vessels. Yaltes will be the main contractor for this project while IMTECH will provide the technology and system integration. The project is considered a major breakthrough on the Turkish market for IMTECH.
The Milgem corvette, from the Turkish words milli gemi (national ship), has an overall length of 99 m., the length at waterline is 90.5 m. and maximum beam is 14.4 m. With a displacement of 2000 tons and 3.6 m design draft, she will be fully operational up to sea state five, and be partially operational at sea state six.
The main propulsion system consists of one gas-turbine and two diesel engines (CODAG). The maximum speed of the ship will be over 29 knots with a propulsion power of approx 30.000 kWs. The corvette has been designed to operate with 93 crew, including flight personnel.
The Turkish navy plans to build up to twelve of these new multi-purpose corvettes of the Milgem class. Construction of the first Milgem class corvette is in progress at the Turkish naval forces Istanbul naval shipyard and is scheduled to be operational in 2011. Imtech's proven UNIMACS 3000 series Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS) will be used to monitor and control all platform machinery, electrical power generation and distribution, damage control and auxiliary systems.
The IPMS also provides advanced automation for enhanced operational effectiveness and survivability of the ship including an onboard Persbericht training system, fire detection system, fire fighting and damage control, stability system, and a CCTV system, all to be integrated on one network.
For this project Imtech will apply state of the art industrial automation technology which has been specially packaged and implemented for the naval environment: PLC's, Windows operating system, fibre-optic gigabit ethernet, CCTV, and SCADA software, ensure an open and proven system architecture which is user friendly and easily maintainable. Redundant networks and multi-function consoles ensure a high reliability and availability.
Further, this project includes extensive transfer of technology to the Turkish industry by local co-operation with the Turkish company Yaltes (Istanbul). The selection of Imtech Marine & Offshore and Yaltes for this contract with the Turkish navy follows several recent naval sales successes for Imtech. To date, the Imtech Marine & Offshore division has supplied advanced electrical, automation, HVAC, and electrical propulsion systems for over 150 ships from 17 different navies, and for over 600 commercial ships world-wide.
Recent naval successes for the Imtech UNIMACS IBS and IPMS include the selection by the Omani, Polish and Indonesian navies. Following this contract Yaltes and Imtech will be able to provide solutions for the Turkish navy regarding naval platform systems such as integrated bridge systems, integrated platform management systems and electrical power systems.
For more information on this company:
Imtech Marine & Offshore - Naval System Integrator
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