PARIS, July 27 (UPI) -- German submarine shipbuilder HDW has chosen Thales and Samsung Thales to provide the X-band Satcom Terminal for six South Korean submarines.
The satellite communications system from Thales's DIVESAT technology is a second-generation submarine terminal.
The system, which comes in versions for new submarines and for retrofit, is capable of operating at different frequency bands -- X, Ku, Ka or EHF -- and delivers high-tracking performances even in extreme environments.
It also guarantees high-level integrated communications, offering the latest innovations in terms of data rate requirements for voice and data transmission, Thales said in a news release.
"Thales is proud to have been selected to deliver this state of the art military Satcom solution for the Korean navy," Jean-Michel Lagarde, director of Network and Infrastructure Systems activities at Thales said. "By answering the particular needs of its clients, Thales has shown its expertise as a global Satcom solution provider for navies worldwide."
