Talk:Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate/@comment-99.88.197.56-20161113094623

The final two competitors for the shipbuilding contract were Blohm and Voss and Bazan. Neither design included the AEGIS system. The AEGIS system had been proposed by another team that was eliminated from the bidding. Given that the ship was an ASW platform, LM made the case that the system was required to protect high value or escorted units against submarine-launched cruise missiles. After the bidding was closed, Norway approached LM with the request that LM contact the two winners to see if either was interested in proposing a ship with the AEGIS system. B&V said no and Bazan said yes. Bazan and LM actually set up a second team for this bid. In the end, three bids were submitted and the AEGIS-based system won. This system was also proposed to the US Navy for the LPD-17 program but was rejected based on overly optimistic hopes for technologies that didn't make their way into the ship.