BAE Systems Introduces Sea Tridon Naval Gun Family

BAE Systems introduced the Sea Tridon naval gun family at the Euronaval defense exhibition in Paris. The family builds on the company’s Bofors 40 Mk4 and includes three configurations for naval use.

Key details

• Sea Tridon integrates an electro-optical fire-control system.
• Sea TridonC uses a containerized configuration.
• Sea Trinity combines a 40 mm gun with integrated fire-control radar.
• BAE Systems said the variants are compatible with its programmable 3P ammunition.
• The company was discussing possible integration on unmanned maritime platforms with several navies, including maintenance and ammunition reloading requirements.

Sea TridonC packages the gun in a containerized configuration.

Why it matters

The three configurations give naval operators different equipment arrangements, including a containerized option and a version with integrated radar. Discussions about unmanned platforms also bring practical questions such as servicing and reloading into the design conversation.