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Monday, December 03, 2007

Innovative guided missile system for submarines

Today Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW), a company within ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, and Diehl BGT Defence (DBD) received the Technology Award of the German Defence Industry for 2007 in the category of Exceptional Award.

The award was given to Joachim Reuter (HDW) and Klaus-Eberhard Möller (DBD) for their ongoing work on the IDAS project. This prize is awarded every year by the Defence Industry Committee of the Federation of German Industries (BDI).

It is designed to provide recognition of the defence-political impact of innovations in the field of defence technology. The two Project Officers received the award in a formal presentation in Berlin today.

"IDAS" stands for "Interactive Defence and Attack System for Submarines", a guided missile that can be fired and deployed from a fully submerged submarine.

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