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December 22, 2003 New command and control system for the Royal Danish Navy Command and Control, Naval and Ground Systems Today, Terma delivers a new command and control system for the Royal Danish Navy. The system is named C-Flex. In 2001, Terma and the Navy entered into an agreement for an update of the command and control system for the Navy's Standard Flex 300 ships. It is a new, advanced, and module-based command and control system, which can be installed in and applied to all types of existing and future naval vessels. From left: Managing Director of Systematic Michael Holm; Rear Admiral Niels Mejdal, Chief of Naval Materiel Command in Denmark; and President of Terma Jens Maaløe sign delivery documents. The contract includes command and control systems for the Navy's Standard Flex 300 ships. During the last six months, one of the Navy's Standard Flex 300 ships, "HDMS LOMMEN" has sailed as test ship with the new system. Thereby, the system has been thoroughly tested by the Navy's operational and technical staff. C-Flex has been developed in a close cooperation between the Royal Danish Navy, Terma, and Systematic. Systematic has supplied approx. 25% of the software. It has taken approx. two years to develop this system from the very bottom. This is extraordinary, especially considering the complex functionality of the system. The system's functionality is developed with a modern user interface which the users are confident with from regular PCs, and with a network technology which builds on the same standards as the Internet. The system can be controlled from one work station, but may be expanded to 50 or more work stations, according to operational requirements. Thus, the system offers a high degree of scalability. Scalability is also decisive for potential future upgrades with new functionalities. The command and control system collects intelligence and information from sensors and other relevant sources, processes and analyzes the information, and provides the results to the user. It is a central management tool which is primarily used as support system for tactical decisions in military connections, but also in connection with the Navy's civil tasks, such as the naval rescue service, surveillance of ships with hazardous load, oil slicks, etc. For civil purposes, the command and control systems are primarily used by the civil defense forces, the salvage forces, and by the police force. In May 2003, Terma entered into a contract for the delivery of additional systems for the Navy's new flexible support ships, and additional systems are expected to be installed in the new Viking submarines and in the Navy's other naval vessels. Terma has developed command and control systems for the Royal Danish Navy for 20 years. With the delivery of C-Flex, Terma maintains its position as a national supplier of such systems. With its module-based structure and network design, the C-Flex system is easily tailored to shifting requirements. This fact, and the fact that it can be installed on any hardware platform, makes the system attractive for navies in other countries and manufacturers of naval vessels. Terma is currently negotiating with several American companies to supply the C-Flex software to the U.S. The U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard are to acquire up to 100 new ships for the surveillance of the U.S. coasts. Two of the three American companies, tendering for the contract to develop a prototype ship for the U.S. Navy, have expressed their interest in including the central part of Terma's system (named T-Core) in their tender. Further information on Terma's command and control systems is available here. For further information concerning this press release, please contact: Senior Vice President Eric Kressel, T: +45 4594 9600, M: +45 4096 9978 or Public Affairs Manager Kasper Rasmussen, T: +45 8743 6000, M: +45 2022 6091.