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22 November 2023
by Victor Barreira
The NDM
Bahia
LPD, formerly the Foudre-class FS
Siroco
LPD with the French Navy between 1998 and 2015, was acquired by Brazil in 2015.
(Victor Barreira )
The Brazilian Navy is acquiring a new satellite communications (satcom) system for NDM
Bahia
(G40) multi-purpose landing platform dock (LPD) to improve the satcom capability of the amphibious warfare ship.
A tender launched by the Brazilian Naval Commission in Washington, DC, on behalf of the Logistics Center for Navy Material, took place between September and October for the acquisition, installation, activation, and integration of an X-band, dual antenna satcom terminal, for the NDM
Bahia
ship.
Janes
was told that the proposals received from undisclosed interested companies are currently being analysed for decision.
The satcom systems aboard Brazilian warships are usually linked to SISCOMIS, the country’s system for military satellite communications, which utilises the SGDC-1 strategic communications satellite for X-band transmission.
Since being commissioned in March 2016 for Surface Force Command, the NDM
Bahia
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