Polish Navy Acquires Saab RBS 15.Business Editors STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2001 Saab Bofors Dynamics Saab Bofors Dynamics, located in Karlskoga, Sweden, is a subsidiary of Saab AB that specializes in defense materiel such as missile systems and anti-tank systems. Its corporate heritage goes back to Bofors, which was founded in 1873. has signed a contract with Thales Netherland B.V. for the RBS RBS Royal Bank of Scotland RBS Role Based Security RBS Rollback Segment RBS Rare Book School (University of Virginia) RBS Rural Business Cooperative Service RBS Ribosome Binding Site (genetics) 15 missile AD system to be mounted on Polish naval vessels. The contract is valued at circa circa prep. Abbr. ca In approximately; about. 10 million EUROs. Thales were appointed Prime Contractor, and during the summer they signed a contract with Naval Shipyard Gydinia for the upgrading of the three ORKAN class vessels in the Polish Navy. Among other things, the upgrading programme comprises the Thales' "TACTICOS TACTICOS Tactical Information And Command System " Combat Control System, Ericsson Microwave Systems' "Giraffe giraffe, African ruminant mammal, Giraffa camelopardalis, living in open savanna S of the Sahara. The tallest of animals, giraffes browse in treetops at heights inaccessible to other leaf-eaters. A male may be 18 ft (5.5 m) from hoof to crown. " 3D radar and RBS 15. The contract enters in to force when a separate counter-trade agreement has been signed with the Polish authorities. - The task of realising this is well underway, and we hope that it will be completed during September. Negotiations between the Polish Navy and Saab Bofors Dynamics' co-operation partner MESKO regarding missiles are now being started-up and are expected to be finalised before the end of the year. Saab is one of the world's leading high-technology companies, with its main operations focusing on defence, aviation and space. The group covers a broad spectrum of competence and capability in systems integration. |
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