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Saab Wins MSEK 350 Surface-To-Surface Missile System Contract For German Navy

Saab RBS15 Mk3 SSM is a true fire and forget multi purpose anti-ship/land attack, sea skimming, cruise type missile. The missile possesses a high hit probability by a flexible pre-launch programmable active radar seeker. It has unique ECCM and defence penetration capabilities by an offset, stealthy approach featuring a very low terminal trajectory with a set of evasive manoeuvres and re-attacks. Features that all are contributing to the missile's high defence penetration capability. The RBS15 Mk3, is designed to operate in the naval scenario, from blue sea conditions to littoral warfare and in land attack missions. The long flight range and extremely flexible trajectory enables attacks from short distances to ranges well beyond the horizon. Attacks can also be mounted from different directions with pre-selected time of arrival for each missile as well as simultaneous arrival.

Karlskoga, Sweden (SPX) Sep 27, 2005
 Last Thursday (Sep 22) the procurement contract for the heavy-weight anti-ship Missile System RBS15 Mk3 from Saab was signed by the German Federal Procurement Agency and prime contractor Diehl BGT Defence.

The value of the contract for Saab Bofors Dynamics, who is the system design authority, is MSEK 350.

The co-operation agreement with Diehl BGT Defence encompasses development, production and marketing.

"This is a breakthrough for the RBS15 Mk3, and we are naturally both pleased and proud that the German Navy has chosen us and our business partner. This also makes Germany the first NATO navy to operate the RBS15 Mk3 system," says Tomas Samuelsson, President of Saab Bofors Dynamics.

The ordered missile systems will arm Germany's new K130-class corvettes, which are currently under construction.

"Thanks to this contract, we can now look forward to the RBS15 Mk3 system becoming the German Navy's standard for heavy missiles," Tomas Samuelsson adds.

The RBS15 Mk3 is a powerful, versatile Surface-to-Surface Missile system with a range of more than 200 km and the added capability to combat land targets. Sweden and Germany are planning to further develop the system jointly and adapt it to new future requirements.

Saab is one of the world's leading high-technology companies, with its main operations focusing on defense, aviation and space. The Group covers a broad spectrum of competence and capability in systems integration.

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