The ARTHUR systems delivered to the Republic of Korea Army in November will among other purposes be used to secure early detection of North Korea’s long range artillery. ARTHUR provides commanders with the capability to quickly locate firing artillery weapons and transmit the data to the Command & Control system within seconds. Delivery of the remaining systems will take place during next year.
“The procurement agency and the end user, the army, is a verycompetent and demanding customer, and we are proud to be part of thisimportant program. We are also very proud that Korea now becomes amember of the growingARTHUR family,”says Göran Gregerström, Vice President Asia Pacific, Saab Microwave Systems.
For this project Saab has cooperated with the Korean defence company LIG Nex1 for the Korean Industrial Participation.
“We are very pleased with the cooperation and quality of LIG Nex1and are now jointly looking into other areas where we can cooperatewithin the defence,” says Göran Gregerström.
In totally Saab has sold over 60 ARTHUR systems since the system originally was developed for the Swedish and Norwegian army. A number of these systemshave been proven in operation for thousands of hours proving a highreliability and low operating cost for the different customers. Thesystem is currently in service in US, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Norway, Spain, Sweden, UK and some undisclosed countries.
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