CNIM unveils more powerful and up-armored LCAT Mk2 landing craft
Amphibious warfare is evolving towards more contested environments and so are the platforms used to support such operations. during euronaval online, cnim lifts the veil on a faster, more protected and armed variant of its well-known lcat catamaran landing craft..
Nathan Gain 22 Oct 2020
Dubbed LCAT Mk2, this enhanced version « is reinforced on a number of points based on feedback from the French and Egyptian navies » , Xavier Montazel, CNIM Defence and Maritime Division told Naval News.
The powerpack is 20% more powerful than the one installed in the LCAT Mk1 and made of four 1340 kw MTU engines. The dynamics of the vessel are also improved by the addition of a second foil forward. « This allows, with the power increase, to significantly increase the speed, going from 18 knots to 25 knots loaded, and from 30 knots to 35 knots once unladen ».
The LCAT Mk2 receives improved protection and armament systems. « We are now offering a version with two 20 mm remotely operated weapon systems located at the bow, as well as two 12.7 mm machine guns at the stern, compared to a mix of 12 .7 mm and 7.62 mm with the Mk1 version ». The wheelhouse has been extended and up-armored in order to protect the crew from potential attacks when the ship approaches the landing area.
With the Mk2 evolution, CNIM is clearly targeting the export market as France does not plan an upgrade program for the four EDA-R the French Navy commissioned between 2011 and 2012. « On the other hand, several foreign customers are now interested in high-speed amphibious vessels ».
« The LCAT Mk2 makes it possible to definitively position it as a direct competitor of the American LCAC for navies interested in high speed amphibious operations. It is still reserved for a few navies, but we are comparable in speed with an LCAC but with ease of use and maintenance cost that are much more lower ». Xavier Montazel, head of CNIM Defense and Maritime Division
Technical characteristics of the LCAT Mk2
- Length / Width: 30 m / 12 m
- Draft at full load: 1 m
- Speed at full load / empty: 25 / 35 kts
- Normal / Maximum payload: 80 / 100 t
- Platform area: 127 m2
- Sea state: up to 5
- Weapons: 2 x 20 mm RCWS + 2 x 12.7 mm
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PARIS – Virtually all large navies operate landing craft big enough to carry a single main battle tank between ships and the shore, yet small enough to fit aboard large amphibious ships. The craft are useful in any number of situations where navies want to move people, equipment and vehicles and connect between places where no shore infrastructure might exist. And most of the smaller craft are restricted in size and capability by the need to fit aboard the larger ships. "We discovered many smaller navies want those amphibious capabilities even if they don't have a mother ship," Philippe Neri, commercial director of the French firm CNIM, said Thursday at the Euronaval exposition just outside Paris. "Many of those navies can't afford a big ship like an LPD. "I realized we were missing half the market." In naval terms, smaller landing craft are referred to as "ship to shore connectors." CNIM set about designing a "shore to shore connector," larger than the ship-to-shore vessels but retaining the qualities that make them handy. CNIM already produces an innovative landing craft called the L-CAT, a 30-meter by 12.6-meter catamaran that can raise or lower its payload deck – lowering it to allow vehicles and people to move directly on to a beach or pier, raising it to become a high-speed craft more nimble than nearly every other landing vessel. Four of the vessels are in service with the French Navy, and two more were delivered this year to Egypt. Designers expanded on the L-CAT ship-to-shore design to create an L-CAT shore-to-shore design with a bigger hull able to accommodate more personnel and provide improved seakeeping. "We increased the range without decreasing the payload," Neri said. "The ships will be spending longer times at sea and need to operate in higher sea states." The L-CAT shore-to-shore can carry enough fuel to travel 1,000 nautical miles without a payload, Neri said, yet still able to move 800 nautical miles with a 100-ton payload. The diesel-powered vessel will be able to move at 22 knots empty and 15 knots with a full load. The twin hulls also have been expanded with a length of 32.6 meters and beam of 13.2, with room for 54 seats, up from 40 in the ship-to-shore L-CAT. CNIM considered offering a larger craft able to carry two main battle tanks, Neri said, but surveys of navies, including the French Navy, showed craft with that ability were rarely used in that capacity. The L-CAT shore-to-shore can mount two unmanned 20mm guns, Neri said, and because the ship will need to operate independently, it will have a larger radar, all controlled by LYNCEA, a naval mission management system produced by NEXEYA. The system, built around a large, touch-screen panel, is designed to allow smaller ships like offshore patrol vessels and small combatants the ability to generate and maintain a tactical situation based on ship sensors and tactical datalinks and provide weapons management capabilities. The vessel can also mount a Thales CAPTAS-1 towed array system, Neri said, providing a submarine detection capability to smaller navies that don't operate more sophisticated anti-submarine warfare systems. "This could be a very cheap platform to provide that capability," Neri said. "Small navies would like to know if submarines are working in their waters." A major advantage of CNIM's business model, Neri noted, is that it is not tied to a particular shipyard to build its vessels. The company built its own L-CAT prototype, and the four French Navy and two Egyptian Navy vessels were built in Boulogne, France. "But it can be built anywhere," Neri said. "Our model is to take the technology to the shipyard. We are there for the entire production process to ensure the construction is done properly. "This is the winning business model," he added. "Most countries ask for in-country production. This is perfect for them." The L-CAT concept is part of Fincantieri Marinette Marine's bid for the US Army's Maneuver Support Vessel (Light), or MSV(L), program to replace a fleet of LCM-8 landing craft. If successful, the Fincantieri-CNIM partnership would build the ships at a shipyard in Michigan.
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Highly mobile and manoeuvrable, the L-CAT® Ship-to-Shore high-speed sea connector ensures the rapid projection of tactical units during amphibious operations conducted from NATO well decks.
Ready for amphibious operations, the L-CAT® ship-to-shore interfaces with the other CNIM landing crafts, the LCA and LCX.
Features include:
- High speed – 30k
- High payload – 80t
- Very shallow water operations
The L-CAT® is an innovative, fast catamaran landing craft developed by CNIM to meet the needs of the modern amphibious forces. It can conduct shore-to-shore missions or deploy from the well deck of LHD and LPD amphibious ships. A total of four L-CAT® systems have been delivered to the French Navy in 2011 and 2012 under the name of EDA-R. Two additional amphibious connectors are now in service in the Egyptian Navy.
The first one is operated from the Gamal Abdel Nasser Mistral-class amphibious ship since 1 June 2016. The second one is operated from the Anouar el Sadate. This L-CAT® was delivered in the same year, only two months later, on 14 September.
The two L-CAT’s have been accepted without reservation by the Egyptian navy. The crews have been trained by CNIM at Saint-Nazaire (France). Their main aim is to land the men and equipment from the two projection and command vessels.
Main characteristics
Length / width : 30 m / 12 m
Draft at full load : 1m
Speed at full load / light ship : 18k / 30k
Normal / Maximum payload : 80t / 100 t
Platform area : 127m²
Range : 500nm
Sea state : 5
Weapons : 2 x 12.7 + 2 x 7.62
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1 Field Engineering Platoon or. 1 First-Aid Post. The Engin de débarquement amphibie rapide ( EDA-R) is a class of French roll-on/roll-off catamaran landing craft (L-CAT) operated by the French and Egyptian navies. They transport vehicles, cargo and personnel from Mistral -class amphibious assault ships to shore.
The L-CAT® Ship-to-Shore, manufactured by CNIM, a French company, is a fast and innovative landing craft. With its Ro-Ro design integrating a mobile loading platform in a catamaran hull, the L-CAT® Ship-to-Shore can unload men, armored vehicles and equipment in the absence of port facilities and in shallow water.
The L-CAT® Ship-to-Shore, manufactured by CNIM, a French company, is a fast and innovative landing craft. With its Ro-Ro design integrating a mobile loading ...
L-CAT® is a sea proven design. L-CAT®s are in service in the French and Egyptian Navies. Following the L-CAT® Ship-to-Shore version, this is the 100% "Shore-to-Shore" version. The L-CAT Ship-to-Shore offers an innovative variable draft system: » In Catamaran mode, the L-CAT Ship-to-Shore acts as a coastal catamaran. The platform is raised.
The L-CAT® Shore-to-Shore, manufactured by CNIM, a French company, is a key enabler of stand-alone force projection on a regional scale and is suitable for a...
L-CAT® Ship-to-shore. SPEED SEA CONNECTORIn service in the French Navy since 2011 and the Egyptian Navy since 2016, the L-CAT® Ship-to-Shore perform. missions worldwide.Highly mobile and maneuverable, the L-CAT® Ship-to-Shore ensures the rapid projection of tactical units during amphibious operations conducted. VARIABLE DRAFT SYSTEM.
During Euronaval Online, CNIM lifts the veil on a faster, more protected and armed variant of its well-known LCAT catamaran landing craft. Nathan Gain 22 Oct 2020 Dubbed LCAT Mk2, this enhanced version « is reinforced on a number of points based on feedback from the French and Egyptian navies » , Xavier Montazel, CNIM Defence and Maritime ...
L-CAT® ship adapts to autonomous amphibious operations On the occasion of the 2016 Euronaval Exhibition, which is taking place from 17 to 21 October 2016 in Paris, CNIM is presenting the new version of its L-CAT® Landing Catamaran. Following the L-CAT® Ship-to-Shore version that is primarily operated on the basis of a BPC1, this is the 100% "Shore-to-Shore" version.
CNIM already produces an innovative landing craft called the L-CAT, a 30-meter by 12.6-meter catamaran that can raise or lower its payload deck - lowering it to allow vehicles and people to move ...
L-CAT® is a fast and innovative landing craft. es of modern amphibious warfareL-CAT® Shore-to-Shore can operate with or without any coastal infrastruct. re: port, quay, slipway, beach. It has a long range in order to ensure, with full autonomy and independence, a fast deployment of troops, vehicle and equipment from.
http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=993 L-CAT® is a fast landing craft dockable adapted to modern LPD/LHD. With is paten...
The L-CAT concept in action (2:32 minutes; commentary in French) (French MoD video) It is intended for the landing of troops, vehicles and equipment from the amphibious ships used by the French Navy (BPC and TCD). 30 meters long and 12 meters wide, it can carry a maximum payload of 80 tonnes at a speed of approximately 18 knots, while the empty speed is 25 knots.
The L-CAT® is an innovative, fast catamaran landing craft developed by CNIM to meet the needs of the modern amphibious forces. It can conduct shore-to-shore missions or deploy from the well deck of LHD and LPD amphibious ships. A total of four L-CAT® systems have been delivered to the French Navy in 2011 and 2012 under the name of EDA-R.
4 EDA-R LANDING CATAMARANS (French L-CAT design) Pendant Delivered Commissioned Status L-9092 Nov. 24, 2011 April 18, 2013 Active L-9093 Jan. 24, 2012 April 18, 2013 Active L-9094 April 20, 2012 April 18, 2013 Active L-9095 Nov. 28, 2012 April 18, 2013 Active description. The L-Cat (landing catamaran) is an innovative vessel that has been ...
During the Euronaval 2016 press tour held last month, Navy Recognition learned that Thales recently partnered with French company CNIM to test the Captas-1 towed sonar aboard the L-Cat landing catamaran. The test demonstrated how Captas-1 may be deployed from compact platforms as well as the ability of the L-CAT design to conduct other missions than amphibious operations.
The L-CAT or Landing Catamaran is a fast landing craft developed by CNIM, part of the France-based CNIM Group. The French Navy has had four in operation since 2012 and the Egyptian Navy two since 2016, both navies using them with their Mistral-class force projection vessels.
The L-CAT Ship-to-Shore offers an innovative variable draft system: » In Catamaran mode, the L-CAT Ship-to-Shore acts as a coastal catamaran. The platform is raised. The catamaran supports the mobile platform. » In Landing Vessel mode, the L-CAT Ship-to-Shore acts as a landing craft. The platform is lowered into the water and supports the ...
The L-CAT® Ship-to-Shore, manufactured by CNIM, a French company, is a fast and innovative landing craft. With its Ro-Ro design integrating a mobile loading platform in a catamaran hull, the L-CAT® Ship-to-Shore can unload men, armored vehicles and equipment in the absence of port facilities and in shallow water.
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L-CAT Landing Catamaran The L-CAT, manufactured by CNIM, is a completely innovative and rapid amphibious ship. The L-CAT® is intended for "shore to shore" applications or for amphibious operations from LHD and LPD type amphibious craft. Since 2011, the L-CAT has been commissioned into the French Navy under the name EDA-R (Engin de ...
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