Pakistan Navy’s First Upgraded Agosta 90B Submarine to Undergo Sea Trials Pakistan Navy’s first upgraded Agosta 90B submarine – PNS/M Hamza – will undergo sea trials in early 2020, the Turkish contractor, Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik A.Ş. (STM) General Manager, Murat İkinci revealed in an interview recently. The advanced submarine will be delivered to Pakistan Navy after the successful conclusion of tests.
PNS/M Khalid, a second upgraded submarine, will be delivered to Pakistan in 2021, however, a deal for the up-gradation of a third submarine is yet to be finalized between the two parties. The upgraded submarines are capable of undertaking a variety of missions due to advanced weaponry and qualities including stealth mode, equipment efficiency, weapons and sensor outfit, and propulsion.
Pakistan Navy had awarded a $350 million contract to Defense Technologies Engineering and Trade in 2016, to modernize two Agosta 90B submarines, including replacement of the following components:
Sonar suite
Periscope systems
Command and control system
Radar
Electronic support systems
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