CMN unveiled a new trimaran patrol craft design at NAVDEX 2013: The OCEAN EAGLE 40

: Posted On Monday, 25 February 2013 15:08

NAVDEX 2013 Daily News - CMN at NAVDEX 2013

CMN unveiled a new trimaran patrol craft design at NAVDEX 2013: The OCEAN EAGLE 40

Cherbourg (France) based shipyard CMN unveiled its latest concept during NAVDEX 2013 in Abu Dhabi: The Ocean Eagle 40 trimaran patrol craft. Specifically designed for anti-piracy and counter-terrorism operations, the Ocean Eagle 40 is capable of both high speeds and long endurance.

CMN has developed a multirole patrol craft, capable of optimized performances and easy to operate, designed to be able to fight against piracy and terrorism, to control illegal traffics and to support special operations or search and rescue missions.

In addition to a 30-knot high speed enabling rapid intervention into the zone to be treated, the multihull design of the OCEAN EAGLE 40 offers an excellent arrangement associating performance and endurance. 5000 Nautical Miles can be covered by the OCEAN EAGLE 40 with a crew reduced to seven officers/ratings with an additional capability to accommodate 8 persons as members of Special Forces, for example.

The extended platform of the OCEAN EAGLE 40 is designed to receive a 300kg-class aerial drone. The OCEAN EAGLE 40 is equipped with a self-defense capability including a 20 or 30mm teleoperated gun and two 12.7mm machine guns with a 360° fire range.

In terms of electronic warfare the OCEAN EAGLE 40 offers large detection and surveillance means including a C-ESM function, an electro-optical one as well as a navigation and surveillance radar capacity. In addition a sitcom data link connection enables to send pictures, videos and tactical data, the whole equipment being interfaced with the “Combat Management System” and the “Integrated Navigation System”.

CMN's Ocean Eagle 40 attracted many delegations and visiting Navy Officials during NAVDEX 2013