TKMS signs contract with the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support for the delivery of minehunting sonars.

Delivery of HMS-12M minehunting sonars now also for the MJ332 class minehunting boats The contract was signed in Koblenz in the presence of Michael Ozegowski, Executive Vice President of the ATLAS ELEKTRONIK segment, and Ralph Herzog, Vice President of the BAAINBw. By commissioning the production of the main sensor at an early stage, the integration of the sonars into the minehunting boats can be carried out with low risk and on schedule within the planned shipyard lay times. This ensures the continuous operational readiness of the boats.

The HMS-12M sonar is a hull-mounted three-frequency sonar, as the abbreviation "HMS" indicates. It is used for the comprehensive search for sea mines in the water column and on the seabed and is already being used by Finland (Katanpää class), Sweden (Koster class) and the Al-Hasbah class. The Al-Hasbah class of the United Arab Emirates consists of two class 332 minesweepers, namely the ex "Weiden" and the ex "Frankenthal".