Spanish firm to provide naval equipment for Royal Thai Navy’s patrol boats

February 5, 2025, by Fatima Bahtić

Spanish technology company EM&E Group has been awarded a contract to supply naval equipment for the remote-controlled weapon stations for the Royal Thai Navy.

Under the deal, the firm will provide two naval remote-controlled weapon stations, SENTINEL 30 equipped with the Mk44 Stretch Bushmaster chain gun, and two electro-optics systems OTEOS which will be used as firing control systems.

The equipment will be installed on the Tor 997 and Tor 998 patrol boats of the Royal Thai Navy. Among the features of the SENTINEL 30 are the ability to fire 30x173mm ammunition, a capacity of 200 rounds per ammunition box, and compatibility with programmable air burst munition, according to EM&E Group.

This contract represents a ‘historic milestone’ for the company, as it will be the first time that EM&E Group supplies its naval solutions to the Royal Thai Navy.

This is not the first collaboration between EM&E Group and the Royal Thai Navy, having in mind that the company earlier delivered seven land remote-controlled weapon stations GUARDIAN 1.5 mounted in Chaiseri wheeled amphibious vehicles in 2024.

Additionally, other Thai authorities, such as the Royal Thai Police, are currently using aunav.NEXT in tasks of neutralization of improvised explosive devices all over the country. These robots are manufactured by EM&E Group.

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