SAAB IN FOCUS

AFRICA AND BEYOND

Issue 7
CONTENTS
SAAB GRINTEK DEFENCE AND
TATA POWER SED SIGN MOU 2

RAPID TARGET DETECTION,

IDENTIFICATION AND RESPONSE
SHOULD BE ON YOUR RADAR 3

GRIPEN LEADS THE WORLD WITH

NEW OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES 4

SAAB’S 9LV COMBAT SOLUTIONS

OFFER AGILITY, ADAPTABILITY AND “Saab Grintek Defence
LONGEVITY TO NAVAL VESSELS 5 has supplied its TactiCall
Integrated Communication
System to enchance the
SAAB’S MAN-PORTABLE DEFENCE
South African Navy’s
SOLUTIONS IDEAL FOR DEMANDING Silvermine Maritime Domain
COMBAT ENVIRONMENTS 6 Awareness Centre.”

SAAB GRINTEK DEFENCE PROVIDES

SOUTH AFRICAN NAVY WITH
TACTICALL SYSTEM 7
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SAAB GRINTEK DEFENCE AND TATA
POWER SED SIGN MOU
Saab Grintek Defence (SGD) and
Tata Power Strategic Engineering
Division (Tata Power SED)
have signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) as part
of the ’Make in India’ program
that promotes defence trade
manufacturing in India and creates
new export opportunities for South
Africa.
The MoU, signed during Indian Prime
Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to
South Africa in July 2016, reinforces
the long-term potential for defence
and security collaboration between
India and South Africa.
Partnership discussions between
the two companies commenced
in March 2016, resulting in a
collaboration that will serve the
Indian market – as well as regional
and global markets – with electronic
self-protection systems for land-
based platforms.
“The signing of this MoU is part of
our strategy to take South Africa’s
indigenous technology and products
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beyond local markets with well-
established partners that add value
to our supply chain and open new
markets,” says Trevor Raman,
President and CEO at Saab Grintek
Defence. “The transfer of technology
for production of initial orders
for Saab’s global customers has
already commenced at Tata Power
SED’s facility in Bangalore. This
collaboration proactively positions
SGD solutions for the future Indian
land-based platforms self-protection
market.”
SGD is responsible for the transfer
of technology for production in
India, and Tata Power SED will
manufacture a large part of the
defence system in India, manage
final assembly, and be responsible
for marketing the system locally.
The MoU also aligns with ‘Make in
India’ initiatives being implemented
by the Indian government, which
aim to facilitate investment,
foster innovation, enhance skill
development and build best-in-class
manufacturing infrastructure in India.
“Tata Power SED is excited to be
a part of this collaboration. Given
the long-term potential for self-
protection systems for combat
vehicles, both in India and abroad,
we see this collaboration for joint
development and manufacturing
with Saab Grintek Defence as an
important milestone in boosting
India’s capabilities in building
defence systems. It is perfectly
aligned with the actual essence
of ‘Make In India’ initiatives
being implemented by the Indian
government,” says Rahul Chaudhry,
CEO, Tata Power SED.
With almost 75% of SGD’s total
turnover represented by the
exporting of products, the company
was awarded the Best Exporter
Award by the SA Premier Business
Awards in 2013 and 2014. Hosted
by the Department of Trade and
Industry in partnership with Proudly
South Africa and Brand South Africa,
the award recognises the spirit
of success, innovation and good
business ethics in the economy.
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RAPID TARGET DETECTION,
IDENTIFICATION AND
RESPONSE SHOULD BE
ON YOUR RADAR
Success in combat and defence
is increasingly attributed to the
ability to see who or what is
heading your way, and enabling
you to efficiently execute
coordinated command and control
of available resources. Various
radar surveillance systems, for
example, protect mobile forces
and assets on land or at sea from
threats ranging from low, slow and
small air targets to fast moving
fighters and missiles, while
simultaneously forcing the enemy
from a state of action to one of
reaction and defence.
On the African continent, combat
situations are not necessarily just those
where war is being waged. Success
in preventing and detecting illegal
air traffic as well as in border control
increasingly depends on governments
and their defence forces’ ability to
monitor vulnerable areas, and respond
to threats quickly and effectively.
The ideal suite of solutions for sensor
survivability and resistance against
physical and electronic attacks is a
mix of fixed, transportable and mobile
radar systems for land, sea and air. This
approach also supports strategic and
tactical flexibility, and a combination of
long- and medium range radars offers
an optimal solution in difficult terrain.
These include solutions specialising
in air surveillance, ground-based air
defence, weapon location, and sense
and warn capabilities, with the most
desirable solution being a multi-role
combination that is configurable for
different types of missions, capable of
performing multiple missions at once
without performance degradation.
Being able to operate a radar system
via remote control gives operators full
control of the sensor system, giving
them the power to adjust and control all
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modes and functions, including system
monitoring and diagnostics.
Saab has a full range of radar
capabilities available in the land,
naval, AEW&C as well as for fighter
aircraft. Saab’s radar solutions provide
command and control efficiencies
that optimise the use of sensors
and weapon systems, as well as
interactions with higher echelon
systems and allied forces. Situational
awareness is essential in a combat
situation, and Saab offers radar
solutions including Arthur, Giraffe 1X,
Giraffe 4A, Giraffe 8A, and Giraffe AMB
that respond to its clients’ diverse
needs
Arthur is a highly mobile weapon
locating system, tactically deployed
close to your own forward line of
troops. It will rapidly detect and track
artillery projectiles and calculate points
of origin and impact, allowing effective
calculation of priorities and effective
counter-battery fire. It covers 60km,
and can report more than 100 targets
per minute, allowing adjustment of own
fire, and warning of incoming fire.
The Giraffe 1X is a small and
lightweight yet high performing 3D
radar for surveillance as well as
ground-based air defence that is
easily integrated into almost any type
of mobile platform or fixed structure.
It provides swift understanding of the
air situation, enabling immediate and
effective response to changing threats,
new tactics and shifting operational
conditions. The system monitors the
air volume 360 degrees for air targets.
Ideal system to combine with a short
range ground based air defence
system.
The Giraffe 4A offers exceptional
range, performance and multi-function
operational flexibility in a single
solution, based on Active Electrically
Scanned Array (AESA) technology.
It can act simultaneously in air
surveillance, ground-based air defence,
weapon locating, and sense and
warn roles, without any performance
degradation. It has been built for
operation in extreme climates, ranging
from inland, coastal, hot desert or arctic
environments.
The Giraffe 8A is a 3D Long-Range
AESA radar system designed for the
highest level of situational awareness
and ballistic missile defence. It is
offered in versions suited to fixed,
transportable and mobile applications,
all providing exceptional range, search
volume and multi-role capabilities,
combined with outstanding operational
flexibility.
The Giraffe AMB delivers key
capabilities as part of short- and
medium-range surveillance and
ground-based air defence. It provides
forces with swift understanding of the
air situation, enabling immediate and
effective response to changing threats,
new tactics, and shifting operational
conditions. It also monitors the air
volume over 360 degrees for air targets,
and simultaneously locates and warns
against incoming rocket, artillery and
mortar rounds, and is able to provide
coastal surveillance at the same time.
Upgrades to a Saab radar system can
be achieved without original equipment
manufacturer (OEM) support, with the
solutions all being scalable and offering
proven design that fully replaces
obsolete radar hardware and software
elements. Saab’s in-service solutions
support removes all the real-life risks
related to cost of ownership.
All Saab radars combine battle-proven
designs from the renowned Erieye
(AEW), Arthur and Giraffe AMB product
families. Saab offers a full range of
high-performing radar systems for a
multitude of applications and mission
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GRIPEN LEADS THE WORLD WITH NEW
OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES
Defence and security company
Saab, the Swedish Air Force
and Sweden’s Defence Materiel
Administration have successfully
implemented a revolutionary
enhancement to the operational
capabilities of the Gripen fighter.
Among many significant new
advances, Gripen is now the
world’s first and only combat
aircraft to be operational with the
MBDA Meteor BVRAAM missile.
Saab, the Swedish Air Force
and Sweden’s Defence Materiel
Administration (FMV) have now
certified, approved and accepted into
service the latest operational upgrade
and combat enhancement for the
Gripen fighter. Known in Swedish
terms as MS20, this upgrade is the
latest step in Gripen’s process of
constant capability expansion. It puts
a truly unique operational asset into
the hands of Gripen operators.
At the recent Farnborough
International Air show, at a ceremony
to mark the Meteor’s entry into service,
Major General Mats Helgesson, Chief-
of-Staff of the Swedish Air Force,
said: “After extensive testing by FMV
and the Gripen Operational Test and
Evaluation unit, all of the new MS20
functions including the Meteor missile
are now fully integrated with Gripen.
The Swedish Air Force is now in its
initial operational capability phase
with the Meteor. The Meteor missile
is currently the most lethal radar-
guided missile in operational service,
and the Swedish Air Force is the only
operational user so far. I am very proud
and satisfied to have the Meteor in the
inventory of my air force.”
The complete MS20 upgrade is now
flying with Swedish Air Force Gripens
and MS20 enhancements will soon be
implemented in the Gripens of the
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Czech Air Force. The upgrade delivers
a host of new capability options for
air-to-air, air-to-surface and ISTAR
missions, plus many improved mission
systems and other changes. As ever
with Gripen, operators are free to
choose how, when and to what extent
they implement the new capabilities
that the upgrade enables.
A key element of Gripen’s MS20
capability expansion is full integration
of the MBDA Meteor BVRAAM
(Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air
Missile). Swedish Air Force Gripens
are thus the world’s first and only
fighters to be operational with this
revolutionary European weapon
system. The ramjet-powered Meteor,
developed by MBDA with Saab as
a key partner, is an advanced, long-
range and agile air-to-air weapon that
is uniquely designed to counter the
most sophisticated airborne threats of
the 21st century.
Meteor is a tactical missile with
strategic effect. It’s extremely long
range (beyond 100km) and unrivalled
no escape zone (three times greater
than any current BVR missile) will
dominate the future air-to-air battle
space, giving a decisive capability to
Gripen and its pilots.
Saab CEO Hakan Buskhe added:
“Saab greatly appreciates our good
relationship with MBDA both as a
partner for Meteor development
and production, and through our
close co-operation on the Meteor
integration programme for Gripen. This
partnership has been the foundation
for the delivery and deployment of
a superior missile product. Gripen
played a major role in the Meteor
development project, and we are
very proud to have Gripen as the first
fighter to take Meteor into service.”
PHOTO BY: Christo Crous
In the air-to-ground role, MS20 delivers
further significant enhancements. This
includes integration of the Boeing
GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB)
for a high-precision, long-range strike
capability. A smart launcher can carry
four SDBs, with a maximum of 16 on a
single Gripen.
Gripen’s ISTAR (intelligence,
surveillance, target acquisition
and reconnaissance) capabilities
are expanded through a modified
reconnaissance pod that provides
infrared sensors plus real-time display
of images in cockpit and increased
data recording.
A further improved Link 16 datalink
system supports a significant increase
in data exchange between other
fighters and C2 nodes. This boosts
situational awareness and underpins
new air-to-air and air-to-ground
capabilities, including high-precision
‘digital’ CAS (close air support).
Among other MS20 pilot-centred
enhancements are a new ground
collision and avoidance system
(GCAS) to protect the aircraft in
demanding low-altitude environments,
and an improved CBRN system that
allows Gripen to stay operational and
effective in the event of a chemical,
biological, radiological or nuclear
attack.
Gripen is developed with the long-
term future in mind. It is designed for
continuous upgrades to take on and
defeat new combat challenges - a
design approach that has already
been proven many times. The
implementation of MS20 opens a
further chapter in this story, making
significant new capabilities available
to future users and the current Gripen
family alike.
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SAAB’S 9LV COMBAT SOLUTIONS OFFER
AGILITY, ADAPTABILITY AND LONGEVITY TO
NAVAL VESSELS
Navies patrolling and protecting
the vast oceans need the best
possible command and control
systems to maximise the
effectiveness of their maritime
hardware components as they
conduct anti-piracy, security and
surveillance missions.
Achieving the best results extends
beyond making the best hardware
purchase and legacy refurbishment
decisions possible. True success can
really be achieved through complete
integrated combat control systems
supported by long-term relationships
with suppliers who understand the
market, legacy systems and the
evolution of each vessel’s through-life
and risk management requirements.
Modern naval vessels have a life
expectancy of more than 25 years, and
while the vessels themselves may last
longer than that, technology evolves at
a far quicker pace. Fleet owners seeking
to maximise their vessels’ potential will
get the best value by choosing modular
technology solutions that can be easily
updated without a complete system
overhaul.
The Swedish Navy has chosen such
a solution, with the Saab 9LV Combat
System (9LV CS), already installed
in its Visby Corvette, and scheduled
for installation on its two new A26
submarines.
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As the Lead Systems Integrator (LSI) of
the complete 9LV CS, Saab can manage
the through-life process and reduce
any risk of every type of naval platform,
ranging from combat and patrol boats to
frigates, aircraft carriers, vessels and
submarines. It can also take the role of
Prime Contractor (PC), supplying the
platform and a fully integrated combat
system. The flexibility of 9LV CS allows
customers to select best-of-breed
products and components regardless of
provider – enabling complete freedom
of choice.
The 9LV Combat Management System
(9LV CMS) is the command and control
centre of many advanced surface
vessels and submarines. Saab can take
full responsibility for the CMS solution,
and due to the open architecture of
9LV, can provide subsets of the CMS
solution in partnership configurations. A
full 9LV CMS configuration includes the
Fire Control System (FCS).
Saab can act as sub-supplier of the
FCS, including kill chain components
to other onboard CMSs. The Saab
FCS configurations range from a single
electro-optical (EO) director connected
to a naval gun, to the full anti-air warfare
(AAW) and anti-surface warfare (ASuW)
self-defense suite for a frigate or
destroyer.
Saab’s battle-proven solutions do
not require expensive modifications
part-way through their lifespan, as
upgrades can be made over time
when necessary without the need for
additional testing and verification of
the system. Many of Saab’s systems
are hardware independent, meaning
parts can be easily interchanged, thus
minimising end-of-life challenges – a
facility already enjoyed by the more
than 240 vessels that have the system
installed.
The company values opportunities
to collaborate with its customers,
providing a complete solution that
includes more than its class-leading
technology. For example, the ANZAC
(operated by the Royal Australian
Navy) frigate class of eight vessels that
boasts the 9LV system is supported
by a local team of specialists, built out
of a collaboration with the Australian
government. This project saw the
company creating a local business
that employed local people, trained by
Saab with the skills that they need to
offer world-class service to the ANZAC
fleet.
This successful model proves that
upgrading a fleet with contemporary
command and control systems and
the needs of a 21st century maritime
service offering can be done in a
phased process to balance existing
legacy systems, budgets and skills
capabilities and training.
SAAB’S MAN-PORTABLE DEFENCE SOLUTIONS IDEAL
FOR DEMANDING COMBAT ENVIRONMENTS
The way that modern infantry
forces engage in military
operations is changing, with
troops operating in more urban
and strategically demanding
combat environments.
Troops are unable to use advanced
technology when they’re on the ground
in combat, because it’s simply too heavy
to carry. Saab, through its local South
African company, Saab Grintek Defence
(Pty) Ltd, provides solutions to this
challenge, in the form of its man-portable
strategic weapons, including the Carl
Gustav M4, the Next-generation Light
Anti-tank Weapon (NLAW), the Bill2, and
the AT4.
The previous successful generations
of the Carl Gustav multi-role weapon
have seen it adopted by more than 40
countries worldwide who have chosen it
because its advanced system transcends
the challenges of a vast range of
operational environments. This effective
and combat-proven system is flexible,
intelligent and lightweight, with its mass
of just seven kilograms making it suitable
for infantry to carry into any combat
situation.
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Saab has developed a range of
ammunition for the Carl Gustav,
including anti-armour, anti-structure,
anti-personnel, smoke, illumination
and support rounds to ensure that
the weapon can be adapted to suit
infantry’s needs. Certain rounds are
programmable, including staged
discharge capabilities. The Carl Gustav
offers four sight modes – open, red dot,
telescoping and intelligent sighting,
ensuring high success rates.
NLAW is launched from the shoulder,
and delivers an overfly top attack (OTA)
designed to be a tank killer for light
forces operating from a dismounted
position in urban or open landscape
environments. Weighing just 12.5kg,
NLAW delivers easy handling, high
accuracy and high kill probability: infantry
track the target for three seconds before
firing, with the intelligent round tracking
the target and following a curved path
until impact.
Bill 2 also uses OTA as a strike strategy,
offering a high-accuracy man-portable
anti-tank solution, with two personnel
required for maximum efficiency.
Accurate to 2,200m when aimed at
moving or stationary targets, Bill 2 is
currently in use in four countries.
The AT4 is a single-use, fully
disposable recoilless lightweight
weapon suitable for specialized
missions where speed and accuracy
are paramount. It is easy to use,
which means that infantry don’t
need any specialist training to
achieve optimum results. Already in
use in more than 15 countries, the
AT4 offers a flat trajectory and low
dispersion through high velocity.
Saab’s solutions offer maximum
efficiency in the diverse environments
in which infantry need to operate,
and account for the evolving nature
of combat to provide effective,
mobile solutions that respond to
the needs of defence combatants.
These solutions are a contemporary
blend of technology and practical
considerations that give infantry
forces the flexibility, mobility and
accuracy that they require, regardless
of the combat situation they find
themselves in.
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SAAB GRINTEK DEFENCE PROVIDES SOUTH AFRICAN
NAVY WITH TACTICALL SYSTEM
Saab Grintek Defence was
awarded a contract by Armscor
(IMT- Institute Maritime
Technology) for a TactiCall
Integrated Communications
System, which is being used
to enhance the existing
communications network at the
South African Navy’s Silvermine
Maritime Domain Awareness
Centre (MDAC).
The contract was signed as a result
of a live demonstration during a
recent joint exercise and a close
working relationship between the
South African Navy and Saab
spanning back to the 1990s.
TactiCall, installed at Silvermine
in May 2016, connects different
communication technologies
regardless of radio band, frequency
and hardware, enhancing efficiency,
overview and increasing operations
tempo. The current system installed
can be further developed into a
much more advanced TactiCall
solution. A more advanced system
will connect personnel across all
communication media, including
radios (Tetra, HF, VHF and UHF) and
phones, and creates a central control
point for public address and general
alarm (PAGA), closed-circuit TV
(CCTV), video conferencing and non-
directional beacons (NDB).
“The TactiCall system makes
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communication easier, more efficient also include key features imperative
and is platform-agnostic, ensuring to military operations, including
that no vessel or station will ever secure voice separation with multiple
be out of contact with other sites,” levels of security.
says Hein van den Ende, Saab
Marketing Executive: Maritime for “Our vision is to see all MDACs
Sub-Saharan Africa at Saab. “The along the Sub-Saharan coastline
system integrates a multitude of connected with TactiCall. This will
different frequency bands, networks enable task-, coalition-, and special
and radio equipment into one central force operations, military arms,
user interface solution that makes air force, marine detachments
communication easy, secure and and even civil and NGO agencies
seamless.” to communicate effectively with
each other to keep the continent’s
The system connects all coastlines safe,” says van den Ende.
communication elements through a
single IP network, creating ‘TactiCall
Nets’- virtual talk groups with
unlimited users to ensure efficient
communication at all times. The
central user interface supports a
broad range of push-to-talk (PTT)
and audio devices, meaning that
new clients can still use their existing
infrastructure, avoiding many
costs traditionally associated with
migrating to a new system.
TactiCall is managed via the
Operator Control Panel, with a
web-based application enabling the
operator to manage the system via
the internet. It supports user tasks by
providing the operator with feature
short cuts, and is also priority-based, “TactiCall is managed via the
so filters out functionality not needed Operator Control Panel.”
at any particular time. In the future
the solution could be upgraded to