Saab receives UK Giraffe radar order
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has ordered additional Giraffe AMB radar systems along with upgrades of its existing systems and associated equipment, Saab announced on 24 August.
The deliveries for the order, which is valued at around $72.96 million, will start in the second half of 2015 and will continue until 2018.
The Giraffe AMB radar gives a 360-degree update of the air situation out to 120km every second, and can be operated in challenging environments like wind farm areas, complex coastal regions or mountains.
With the upgrade, the UK’s existing systems will be brought up to the production-build standard of the new Giraffe AMB. It will enhance the primary radar’s capacity and performance, and ensure that the UK’s radars will be in line with the Giraffe product roadmap, adding the capability to spot small UAS while screening out birds and other difficult radar clutter.
Micael Johansson, head of electronic defence systems, Saab, said: 'We are delighted to have agreed this significant expansion and upgrade of the Giraffe AMB fleet with the UK MoD. We are looking forward to supporting both potential mission deployments and further system evolutions based on our spiral development plan for Giraffe.'
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