German Navy F-124 frigates getting new air defense radars

The German Ministry of Defense has chosen a supplier of new air defense radars for its three F-124 Sachsen-class frigates.

Fregatte Sachsen (F 219)
By Bundeswehr-Fotos (originally posted to Flickr as Fregattee SACHSEN) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Experts say Thales is likely to be the winner of the competition and the project could costs around 450 million Euros.