The French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) has awarded Naval Group and Nexter a contract to modernize Narwhal 20B 20mm remote weapon stations (RWS) fitted aboard all French Navy surface vessels.
法國國防總局(DGA)授予海軍集團和Nexter一份合同，對所有法國海軍水面艦艇上安裝的Narwhal 20B 20 mm遠程武器站(RWS)進行現代化改造。
“With Nexter Group, Naval Group will modernize the NARWHAL remote weapon stations fitted aboard all French Navy (Marine Nationale) surface vessels,” the Naval Group posted on its official Twitter account on Tuesday.
“有了Nexter集團，海軍集團將對所有法國海軍(Marine Nationale)水面艦艇上安裝的獨角鯨遠程武器站進行現代化改造，”海軍集團週二在其官方Twitter賬戶上發帖稱。
The contract was reportedly awarded in mid-January.
據報道，該合同是在1月中旬批出的。
Sea trial of a frigate fitted with Narwhal 20B in its new “V1” version began last month.
上個月開始了一艘裝有Narwhal 20B的護衛艦在其新的“V1”版本中的海上試驗。
Full deployment of the upgraded “Narwhal 20B V1” across French Navy surface combatants is scheduled for 2020-2021, Naval News reported last week.
海軍新聞上週報道，升級後的“Narwhal 20B V1”將於2020-2021年在法國海軍水面戰鬥人員中全面部署。
In addition, certification of Narwhal 20B in “V2” version is targeted for mid-2021.
此外，在“V2”版本中的Narwhal 20B認證的目標是在2021年年中。
Deployment on French naval vessels will be completed before the first half of 2022.
法國海軍艦艇的部署將在2022年上半年之前完成。
Nexter and Naval Group will work on a new, future system, through feasibility studies that will be launched this year.
Nexter和Naval Group將通過今年啟動的可行性研究，致力於未來的新系統。
A concept study will be proposed to the DGA in October 2021, the report said.
報告稱，將於2021年10月向DGA提出一項概念研究。
The improvements include a new “warning shot” mode, improved man machine interface.
這些改進包括新的“警告射擊”模式，改進的人機界面。
The DGA awarded Nexter a contract in July 2019 a separate contract regarding the modernization studies of the Narwhal 20B fitted aboard the three La Confiance-class PAG patrol vessels of the French Navy.
DGA於2019年7月授予Nexter一份關於安裝在法國海軍三艘“La Conconfiance”級PAG“巡邏艦”上的Narwhal 20B現代化研究的單獨合同。
Naval Group and Nexter signed a contract in December 2019 to equip the French Navy’s next-generation FDI frigates with the Narwhal 20B in its V1 version.
海軍集團和Nexter在2019年12月簽署了一份合同，為法國海軍的下一代FDI護衛艦配備Narwhal 20B的V1版本。
These mounts will be retrofitted to the V2 variant in the long term.
這些坐騎將在長期內改裝為V2變體。
Six new offshore patrol vessels known as POM (Patrouilleur d’Outre-Mer) are also set to be fitted with the systems.
六艘名為POM(patrouilleur d‘Outre-Mer)Mer的新近海巡邏船也將安裝該系統。
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