Article Posted on : - Jan 04, 2012

90m Ocean patrol vessel. Photo: BAE Systems.

LONDON (BNS): The Brazilian Navy has awarded a $208.0386 million contract to BAE Systems for the supply of three Ocean Patrol Vessels and ancillary support services.

The three 90 metre vessels, originally constructed for the Government of Trinidad & Tobago, will provide the Brazilian Navy with enhanced maritime capability in the near term, pending the acquisition of future ships under its PROSUPER programme (Brazil's current surface ship acquisition plan).

The contract also contains a Manufacturing Licence to enable further vessels of the same class to be constructed in Brazil.

The first two ships will be delivered in 2012 and the third will follow in early 2013.

"The Ocean Patrol Vessels are highly capable ships and I am sure they will be a tremendous asset to the Brazilian Navy," Andrew Davies, Managing Director of BAE Systems' Maritime business, said in a company statement.