Ericsson wins $95 million order from Norway and Sweden for Arthur Weapon Location Radar.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 1996--Ericsson has received a series of production orders from the Defense Material Administration (FMV) in Sweden and the Army Material Command (HFK) in Norway for the new Arthur Weapon Location System (WLS). The order, exclusive of options, is worth around $95 million. The number of units has not been released.

Arthur WLS has been developed jointly by Ericsson Microwave Systems of Sweden and Ericsson Radar of Norway. Arthur will be delivered from the factory in Halden in Norway for both countries, starting in 1998 and with final delivery in the year 2000.

Arthur is the first successful joint Swedish/Norwegian defense project. It is based on a political agreement which was signed in 1987 by the Swedish and Norwegian governments with FM and HFK as partners. The development work started the same year and a pre-series WLS was delivered in 1995 for a comprehensive testing period in Norway, Sweden and Finland.

Both countries have selected the Hagglund Bv208 all terrain vehicle with its high mobility as carrier of the compact and light-weight Arthur WLS.

The radar has attracted a great international interest and discussions are currently ongoing with countries in Europe, Asia and Latin America.

Ericsson's 90,000 employees are active in more than 100 countries. Their combined expertise in switching, radio and networking makes Ericsson the world's leading supplier in telecommunications.

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