Saab to deliver UAV to Swedish Police
The Swedish Police has awarded a contract to Saab for the delivery of three UAV systems, it was announced on 13 January.
The system selected is based around AeroVironment’s Qube quadcopter aircraft. The UAS will be fitted with day/night sensors and cameras, and will be delivered as part of a system incorporating ground station, spare parts, consumables, documentation, training and technical support.
The Swedish Police will trial the system in operations during 2016.
Deliveries will take place in 2016 and the contract will be in effect from 2016 to 2018.
Jonas Hjelm, head, Saab’s business area support and services, said: ‘This move to provide unmanned systems to support government services gives us a good foundation to evolve this technology further. The contract also strengthens our support and maintenance services for civil security applications.’
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