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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Biro RfI issued

Warrior class OPVThe South African Navy (SAN) has issued a request for information (RfI) for both offshore and inshore patrol vessels, Jane's understands from SAN sources.

The new vessels are to be acquired under Project Biro to replace the remaining strike craft and minehunters acquired in the 1970s and 1980s and will complement the SAN's four MEKO A200 frigates, Jane's Defence Weekly (JDW) reported earlier this month.

JDW correspondent and defence analyst Helmoed-Römer Heitman says the RfI is intended as a market scan to give the SAN “a clear idea of what is on the market.”

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