BAE Systems launches new Sea Tridon naval gun series

The family of guns, derived from the firm’s Bofors 40 Mk4 naval gun that first started development more than 15 years ago. (BAE Systems)

PARIS — BAE Systems debuted a new series of naval guns designed to tackle airborne, surface, and shore threats today at the Euronaval defense show in Paris.

The family of guns is derived from the Bofors 40 Mk4 naval gun that first started development more than 15 years ago. Each of the three variants come with their own characteristics, all designed around trying to meet the needs of modern navies, according to the firm.

“The maritime threat landscape is evolving rapidly, creating a growing need for flexible and effective protection solutions,” Lena Gillström, president of BAE Systems Bofors, said in a news release Tuesday. “With the Sea Tridon, navies and maritime operators can select the capability level that best meets their operational needs while benefiting from a common platform, proven technology and advanced programmable ammunition.”

The three variants are:

Sea Tridon, which combines the Bofors 40mm gun with an “integrated electro-optical fire-control system,” which the company says will make it easier to integrate onto new platforms.

Sea TridonC, a containerized version of the Sea Tridon. Militaries around the world have been experimenting with containerized systems, which can be swiftly deployed and, if needed, abandoned after use.

Sea Trinity, which the company claims is the “most advanced” of the family. It comes with the Bofars 40mm gun and integrated fire control radar, and is specifically to be used to counter the kind of small missiles and drones that have come to represent major threats to ships in the Black Sea and the Gulf.

Speaking to reporters at the show, Stefan Lofstrom, director of marketing and sales for BAE Systems Bofors, emphasized that the new systems will use the company’s already in production ammunition.

“Ammunition-wise, all those variants are compatible with our programmable 3P ammunition,” Lofstrom told reporters at Euronaval. “That’s been around on the market for a long time. It’s well proven again. That’s really the unique selling point with these systems: the 3P ammunition.”

Lofstrom said that conversations are also underway with “several navies” right now about the integration of the Sea Tridon guns on unmanned systems that would go out to sea without human support for weeks at a time, in order to work out how certain aspects, like gun maintenance and ammunition reloading, could be handled without crew aboard.

Customers for BAE’s Mk4 naval gun already include the Royal Navy and the Royal Netherlands Navy, who have purchased the weapon for some of their frigates. Additionally, others including the Royal Netherlands Navy and the Belgian Navy have selected the naval gun for their mine countermeasure vessels.

“The starting point for this family of new products is the existing customer base, but then we in parallel have ongoing customer conversations with I would say a handful or two handfuls of customers,” Lofstrom said. “We don’t have a launch customer for this yet, but we have some advanced discussions with different customers.”

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该系列火炮源自该公司15多年前开始研发的博福斯40 Mk4型舰炮。（BAE系统公司）

巴黎——英国航空航天系统公司（BAE Systems）今天在巴黎举行的欧洲海军防务展上首次亮相了一系列新型舰炮，旨在应对空中、水面和岸上威胁。

该系列火炮源自博福斯40 Mk4型舰炮，该舰炮的研发始于15多年前。据该公司称，这三种型号各具特色，所有设计都旨在满足现代海军的需求。

“海上威胁形势正在迅速演变，因此对灵活有效的防护解决方案的需求日益增长，”BAE系统公司博福斯分公司总裁莉娜·吉尔斯特伦周二在一份新闻稿中表示。“借助‘海神’导弹系统，各国海军和海上作战人员可以根据自身作战需求选择最合适的性能级别，同时还能受益于通用平台、成熟技术和先进的可编程弹药。”

这三种变体分别是：

Sea Tridon 将博福斯 40 毫米炮与“集成光电火控系统”相结合，该公司表示，这将使其更容易集成到新平台上。

Sea TridonC是Sea Tridon的集装箱式版本。世界各国军队一直在试验集装箱式系统，这种系统可以快速部署，并在必要时使用后弃置。

该公司声称“海洋三位一体”（Sea Trinity）是该系列中“最先进”的型号。它配备了博法尔斯（Bofars）40毫米舰炮和集成式火控雷达，专门用于对抗小型导弹和无人机，这些导弹和无人机已成为黑海和波斯湾海域舰船面临的主要威胁。

在展会上接受记者采访时，BAE Systems Bofors 的市场营销总监 Stefan Lofstrom 强调，新系统将使用该公司已投入生产的弹药。

洛夫斯特罗姆在欧洲海军展上告诉记者：“就弹药而言，所有这些型号都与我们的可编程3P弹药兼容。这种弹药已经在市场上销售很长时间了，而且久经考验。3P弹药正是这些系统的独特卖点。”

洛夫斯特罗姆表示，目前他们还在与“几个海军”就将“海三头龙”舰炮集成到无人系统上进行对话，这些无人系统可以在没有人员支持的情况下出海数周，以便研究如何在没有船员的情况下处理某些方面，例如舰炮维护和弹药装填。

英国皇家海军和荷兰皇家海军已为BAE系统的Mk4舰炮采购了该型武器，用于其部分护卫舰。此外，包括荷兰皇家海军和比利时海军在内的其他海军也为其扫雷舰艇选择了该型舰炮。

洛夫斯特罗姆表示：“这一系列新产品的起点是现有客户群，但与此同时，我们也在与少数几家客户进行持续的沟通。我们目前还没有首发客户，但我们正在与一些不同的客户进行深入的洽谈。”

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