Panthers to receive combat enhancements

The Panther 35A fleet is receiving an upgrade which will be completed over the next few weeks. The upgrade, known as Panther Combat Enhancement 2110, is being carried out during routine maintenance and typically takes around 40 hours per ship. The upgrade includes:

• An improved combat suite with a faster target data processing core and higher bandwidth.
• Software upgrades for passive sensor processing and cloak management systems
• Modifications to TPM launchers to fix an issue that has caused a jam in rapid fire mode on a couple of occaisions
• Improvements to internal security monitoring and threat management systems
• Upgrades to communication security systems