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Raytheon awarded $551 million US Army contract to begin production of Patriot for the Kingdom of Bahrain

http://raytheon.mediaroom.com/2020-03-09-Raytheon-awarded-551-million-US-Army-contract-to-begin-production-of-Patriot-TM-for-the-Kingdom-of-Bahrain

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Bahraini navy to get Aselsan weapon stations

Lale Sariibrahimoglu, Ankara and Jeremy Binnie, London - Jane's Defence Weekly

06 May 2020


Aselsan accompanied its announcement with this image of what appeared to be a SMASH, but with a 25 mm gun and a different
electro-optical system. Source: Aselsan


Aselsan announced on 6 May that it has signed a contract to supply an undisclosed number of remote-controlled weapon systems (RCWS) to the Royal Bahrain Naval Forces (RBNF).

The Turkish company did not identify the system and declined to provide further details of the contract but accompanied the press release with an image of what appeared to be a version of its SMASH naval RCWS on a MRTP 33 fast patrol boat.

The Qatari navy is the only known operator of MRTP 33s fitted with SMASH systems, which are armed with the 30 mm Bushmaster II dual-feed cannon that Aselsan advertises as the standard weapon for this type of RCWS.

However, the image that accompanied the Bahraini announcement appeared to show a SMASH with a 25 mm cannon and a different electro-optical system.

The SMASH is fully stabilised to enable it to engage moving targets at sea and has a separately stabilised electro-optical system that can be used for surveillance without aiming the weapon. The 30 mm cannon is capable of firing 200 rounds a minute