The government will speed up the upgrade of the Navy’s Shield-class coastal corvettes and will spend more than NOK 500 million on this. The upgrade will take place in the period 2020-2024 and will be able to give new assignments to both the shipbuilding yard and to other national subsystem suppliers. The work will include upgrading components and several of the systems onboard. The new long-term plan for the Armed Forces recommends a continuation of the vessels by 2030. This is one of several measures to partially compensate for the loss of KNM Helge Ingstad. The Skjold class is built by Umoe Mandal and is among the fastest marine vessels in the world.
Norway; Navy proceeds with Shield Class Corvette upgrade program