Forecast International estimates that Northrop Grumman will sell about 37 AES-1 pods to the U.S. Navy in the coming 10 years. The AES-1 is an airborne laser mine detection system that is mounted on a helicopter to detect and contain floating and anchored sea mines. The Navy's desire for state-of-the-art mine-countermeasures technology is driving these procurements.rnThe APAR radar is designed to act as the fire control component of an integrated anti-air warfare (AAW) system; it performs target detection, tracking, and missile guidance functions. In December 2006, the Royal Danish Navy and Thales Nederland signed a contract for the delivery of three Thales anti-air warfare (AAW) suites. Each AAW suite consists of the APAR multifunction and SMART-L volume search radars, plus one fire control cluster. The suites will be installed on the new patrol ships, each displacing about 6,000 tons.
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