The most important items of this deal practically, and what it represents is an unprecedented historical shift in the history of the Egyptian military deals and the most important thing that will benefit Egypt during the next ten years until the year 2030 is the deal of the stealth patrol ships OPV that Egypt has contracted with an initial number of 20 ships, whose technology and industry will be transferred to the Egyptian maritime arsenals.. and by a percentage of local components in all boat systems and components that were never reached before..
Introducing this large project in the Egyptian marine arsenals represents a historic move that will put Egypt on the right track in the field of heavy marine industries. In spite of the experiences that will have been gained from the transfer of technology of other projects such as the French (Gowind) and the German (Meko), the percentage and weight of local manufacturing and the beginning of the road in the field of electronic industries and sensors and armament systems for marine ships represent the real shift that will facilitate for Egypt to start manufacturing national projects in the post-2030 vision and a stage that will place Egypt among the major countries in the field of military industrialization.
This ship, which represents the pinnacle of the creativity of the Italian marine industries and what it possesses as an advanced package for the most important Italian electronics and sensor systems, represents a large treasure for the Egyptian marine arsenals and by obtaining a license to manufacture it at this unprecedented rate represents a success that no one has reached before in our Arab countries even compared to our brothers in the United Arab Emirates who obtained a license to manufacture the first version of this project, but with a much lower local components.
The selection of the Emirati navy for this project is evidence of the efficiency of the armament studies committees, experts and their military decision-makers, who are known for their ingenuity as the boat represents a scientific revolution in the field of light marine ships, as this boat has high flexibility in carrying out a wide range of multiple tasks such as carrying out coastal surveillance operations and Reconnaissance, electronic intelligence, and coastal defense against all air and surface threats and threats of infiltration and smuggling work, sabotage and terrorist operations, and all this is done quickly with a high response and with a stealthy fingerprint, it is the best in the world currently in such an OPV category and under the highest standards of safety methods and advanced self-protection systems from Italian companies that have been recognised as such by the Americans themselves when the US Navy recently chose stealthy and electronic Italian technology to be the platform for the future American frigate project.
This boat owns a package of the best products by the Italian companies (Leonardo, Celex, Electronica), the leading electronic warfare and sensing systems, which includes the latest version of the command and control and battle management system "Athena" (IPN-5) in addition to the 3D AESA radar systems "Cronos" model from (Silex) company with a range of 250 km, and the advanced IFF Sir-M system "SIR-M" to distinguish between friend and foe, and the "NA-30S" electro-optical system to control fire, and "LPI NAV-R" radar for Maritime Navigation in addition to the electronic warfare and countermeasures package represented by the "SEAL-L" system and the "MASS" (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) an automated decoy system that protects surface combatants from advanced anti-ship missiles from (Rheinmetall) company.
The Armament of this boat that was included in its first edition in the Emirates can be changed according to the customer's requirements, a bunch of the best Italian and European armament systems, the most important of which is the stealthy version of the "Automelara 76" (Super Rapid), which is a masterpiece in its manufacturing that the Italians created.. It is the best of its category in the world and is able to perform all marine tasks by attacking surface, land and even air targets with ranges and different models of smart ammunition ..by itself it will require a lengthy report to explain its unique capabilities and capabilities and Egypt obtaining a license to manufacture this powerful cannon and its advanced ammunition represents a shift in the field of Egyptian and Arab arms industry.
The boat also has 2 "automatic" cannons (Hitrole -G) of 12.7 mm caliber, which are controlled remotely and are able to deal with all specific threats under the control of the main combat system and different sensor and radar systems. As for rockets, the boat in the first version is capable of carrying 4 surface-to-surface missiles in two launchers. The model of this missile varies according to the customer’s choice of any of the latest models globally, and the boat also has 6 (vertical launch cells) for air defense missiles, which is one of the most important characteristics of this boat that distinguish it from the rest of the competition and make his capabilities in the air defense missions compete with the larger ships that possess the capabilities of the vertical launch and the choice of this duality of the missiles operating on the boat (surface -surface and surface - air) can include any of the global missiles.. in the Emirati version the choice was the French excellent (Exocet - Mika) But for the Egyptian version its orientations and philosophy it is not yet known, So we might be surprised, as usual, with what was never on mind.
More interesting is that all this sound and complex technical and technological innovation and all these wonderful and terrifying specifications and technologies were combined in a very small displacement of no more than 550 tons and a crew of 28 personnel and capabilities of an operational range of 2800 km with a maximum speed of 20 knots provided by two diesel engines "MTU 16V 4000 M90" in addition to 4 diesel generators "MTU S60" so you are talking about a unique integrated marine ship free from most of the weaknesses found in marine vessels specialized in the tasks of the marine patrol competing in the world arms market.
This masterpiece that will be owned and manufactured by Egypt in numbers.. _20 to be exact_ stealth ships of high technology and dense armament, which will enable the Egyptian navy to provide rapid and intensive support to the North and South fleet, whose formation will be complete from the smallest to the largest to be of stealth high-tech and integrated marine vessels under the control of a command, control and communication system at the highest level With the entry of the Italian-made satellite in service in Egypt, which is the second most important item in the "Deal of the Century", and no less important than the frigates of "Carlo Bergamini" for example. Hence the Egyptian fleets of helicopter carriers (Gamal Abdel Nasser) and (Anwar Sadat) will become one of the strongest and best And the most modern in the world, which confirms that the planning and vision of leaders and experts in the Egyptian armed forces leaves nothing to chance and calculate each small detail showing that the Egyptian puzzle is being completed piece by piece in a way that may appear from a distance as not connected to each other, but by 2030 the picture will be completed and clear..
