Skjold Class Missile Fast Patrol Boats, Norway. The Skjold Class missile fast patrol boat is characterised by its speed, reduced signatures, small size with heavy weapon load and its littoral combat capability. The Skjold shield has an air cushioned catamaran hull surface effect which, with waterjet propulsion, provides high speed and manoeuvrability. The first of class ship, KNM Skjold P9. April 1. 99. 9. The Norwegian Government approved the construction of five more Skjold Class vessels in June 2. Contract negotiations were concluded in July 2. The series of ships were constructed at the Umoe Mandal shipyard. The other five hulls are Storm P9. Skudd P9. 62, Steil P9. January 2. 00. 8, Glimt P9. Gnist P9. 65. Storm P9. November 2. 00. 6 and started sea trials in January 2. The Norwegian Government approved the construction of five more Skjold Class vessels in June 2. USAF Serial Numbers Last revised October 23, 2017. 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Covert operational capabilities. An important capability of the Skjold is its covert operational capability in littoral warfare, particularly in using Norways coastal topography with its islands and fjords, to carry out surveillance and engage hostile forces from a close distance while remaining undetected. The shallow draught of 0. Air cushion catamaran ACC design. The ships configuration uses an air cushion catamaran ACC design, which is an advanced variant of surface effect ship SES technology. The ACC is based on a catamaran hull with an air cushion between the hulls, which has been successfully proven with the Norwegian Oksoy Class minehunters and minesweepers, which entered service in 1. The low area of wetted surface of the hulls gives an improved level of shock resistance and significantly reduced wave resistance, compared to that of a conventional displaced or semi displaced hull configuration. VT Maritime Dynamics provides the vessels stabilisation systems, including a ride control system which monitors and regulates the pressure of the air cushion by controlling vent valves and a stern fan system that controls the stern seal pressure. The elevated position of the magnetic components reduces the magnetic signature. In September 2. Skjold completed a 1. US, allowing the US Navy to study the Skjold Class concept. The combination of the twin hull and water jet propulsion provides very high and very responsive manoeuvrability. Vital systems have been duplicated for enhanced survivability and the ship remains operational with one engine room set lost. The low draught of 0. The hull is of composite construction. The hulls are laminated inside and outside with fibre reinforced plastic composed of glass fibre and carbon laminates bound with vinyl ester and polyester resin. A scrimp manufacturing process is used in construction, involving vacuum assisted resin injection. Carbon fibre and carbon loaded materials have been selected for the beams, mast and supporting structures, which need high tensile strength, for example the support structures for the gun and the electro optical and radar weapon director. Radar absorbent doors, hatches and windows. Radar absorbent materials have been used in the load bearing structures across large areas of the ship. This strategy leads to significant weight saving compared to conventional construction techniques of applying RAM cladding to the external surfaces. The ships profile has a faceted appearance with no right angle structures and few orientations of reflective panels. Doors and hatches are flush with the surfaces and the windows are flush without visible coaming edge of window aperture and are fitted with radar reflective screens. Senit 2. 00. 0 combat management system. The command and control system for the six Skjold Class vessels is the lightweight Senit 2. DCNS and Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace. The system has also been selected for the modernisation of the Royal Norwegian Navys Hauk Class fast patrol boats. The Senit 2. 00. 0 combat management system uses operating modes for littoral warfare and is interoperable with tactical datalinks 1. Aeromaritime. Senit 2. Weapons of the Skjold Class missile fast patrol boat. The ship is armed with eight Kongsberg NSM Nye Sjoemaals Missiler, or Norwegian strike missile anti ship missiles, which have been developed for the Skjold Class ships and for the Fritjof Nansen frigates. The NSM missile is equipped with GPS midcourse and a dual band imaging infrared seeker guidance and has a range in excess of 1. NSM entered serial production in June 2. The ships short range surface to air missile is the infrared guided MBDA Mistral in a portable configuration. A twin launcher will be deployed on the deck or on a land site. The missile is armed with a three kilogram warhead and has a target range of four kilometres. The ships gun, for deployment against aircraft and other vessels, is the Oto Melara 7. Super Rapid. The gun has a burst firing rate of 1. Sensors and countermeasures of Norways Skjold Class vessels. The Saab Systems Ceros 2. The Ceros 2. 00 system includes a Ku band radar target tracker, CCTV camera, thermal imager, video tracker and laser rangefinder. Thales Naval France had been awarded the contract for the MRR 3. D NG G band multirole radar and associated IFF systems. The MRR 3. D NG radar has a lightweight phased array antenna and operates as both surveillance radar and a self defence system sensor, with automatic mode switching. In surface surveillance mode, the MRR 3. D NG can detect low and medium level targets at ranges of up to 1. D air surveillance mode targets up to 1. The CS 3. 70. 1 tactical radar surveillance system TRSS, from EDO Reconnaissance Surveillance Systems of Morgan Hill, California, provides electronic support measures ESM and radar warning receiver RWR functions. The systems 3. 60 degree circular array interferometer antennas are produced by EDO Antenna and Technologies of Deer Park, New York. Skjold vessels are equipped with the MASS multi ammunition soft kill decoy system from Rheinmetall Waffe Munition formerly Buck Neue Technologien of Germany. MASS can launch up to 3. The MASS decoy covers radar, infrared, electro optic, laser and ultraviolet wavebands. Gas turbine CODAG propulsion engines. The main propulsion is by waterjet, which offers very shallow draught and extraordinary manoeuvring capabilities. Thales Naval France had been awarded the contract for the MRR 3.