Saab wins $700 million defence system order

[jackx123]

The order concerns delivery of the Saab 2000 Airborne Early Warning & Control system, which comprises of a Saab 2000 aircraft equipped with the advanced ERIEYE radar system, according to a company statement on Monday.

"This contract can be seen as a further confirmation of our strong position in the world regarding not only the area of airborne surveillance but in systems integration and data fusion as well," said Saab CEO Håkan Buskhe.

The contract also includes ground equipment as well as logistics and support services which together can be used in connection with, for example, border surveillance, rescue operations as well as in combating terrorism and organised crime, Saab explained in its statement.

Saab's ERIEYE system has been bought by the Swedish Air Force, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates in the Saab 340 aircraft.

The system has also been sold to Brazil, Mexico and Greece as part of the Embraer 145 system, and to Pakistan in its latest model, the Saab 2000.

So the questions is: Who's the lucky winner

[mick2088]

Malaysia requires such a system, but why they'd want to keep it quiet is beyond me and supposedly have not had the finance available. Several states in the Middle East have also expressed interest in the system. I thought Swedish export laws were more transparent than being allowed to sell defence equipment without naming the customers, although I have noticed Saab have done that before when announcing sales of land equipment. There is an additional press release now saying that the project will last "four and a half years" from the original announcement, whatever that means.