Rheinmetall to provide advanced MSP600digital upgrade for Norwegian Air Force’s Multi Sensor Platforms in multi-million euro deal

Rheinmetall to provide advanced MSP600digital upgrade for Norwegian Air Force’s Multi Sensor Platforms in multi-million euro deal

(PRESS RELEASE) DÜSSELDORF, 3-Jan-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — Rheinmetall, a German integrated technology group active in the automotive and defence industries, has announced that it has signed a contract with the Norwegian Defence Material Agency to modernize the Multi Sensor Platform MSP500. The contract, which is worth low double-digit million euros, covers the replacement of the old MSP500 system, which was supplied in 2002, as well as the associated simulators, with the more powerful MSP600digital sensor system. The installation of the new systems will start in the summer of 2025.

The Multi Sensor Platforms slated for modernization form part of the Norwegian air defence system – the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, or NASAMS). They are integrated into NASMS batteries. Purged of obsolescent features, the MSP600digital is the performance-enhanced, HD-capable, digital successor of the MSP500 and MSP600 sensor platforms used by various armed forces worldwide.

The MSP600 digital system is based on the MSP600 system, which is in service with many navies, coastguards and other military and civilian users. The four-axis stabilized platform controls an electro-optical sensor package, consisting of a state-of-the-art thermal imager (day/night vision), a high-precision laser rangefinder and a high-resolution HD colour daylight camera.

Media contact:

Oliver Hoffmann
Head of Press and Public Relations
Rheinmetall Platz 1
40476 Düsseldorf
Germany
Phone: +49 211 473-4748
Fax: +49 211 473-4157

SOURCE: RHEINMETALL AG