British Plessey Co. Wins 3 Contracts

British electronics firm the Plessey Co. announced Monday that it had secured three multimillion-dollar overseas defense contracts.

The company said in a statement it had signed a 4-million pound ($7.4-million) contract with the Swedish Royal Navy to update sonar systems on Sea Serpent class submarines with its Hydra advanced sonar.

In a 2-million-pound ($3.7-million) deal with the Canadian government, Plessey said it would supply four Shield anti-ship missile decoy systems.

Plessey will also supply two radar systems to the Portuguese Air Force consisting of a Watchman air surveillance radar, a ground-based Precision Approach Radar, a secondary surveillance radar and an operations shelter. The value of the contract was not disclosed.