With sensor threats constantly evolving, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for armed forces to act without being observed.
Saab Barracuda is responding by developing camouflage with sophisticated and surprising features.
SAAB provides the world’s armed forces with camouflage solutions for almost every conceivable combat configuration – for use in static situations, for use on vehicles as diverse as tanks and transports, and for use by individuals working in climates ranging from arctic tundra to tropical jungles.
The most sophisticated systems provide protection from signal detection for electromagnetic signals, ranging from ultraviolet to radar, and give armed forces a cost-effective way of maintaining combat supremacy.
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SAAB Barracuda for U.S. warfighters
Saab has received an order to deliver Ultra Lightweight Camouflage Net Systems (ULCANS) for use by the U.S. Army, with a value of approximately USD 66 million and deliveries are expected to take place in 2019-2020.
The new order, comprised of both woodland and desert camouflage systems, will ensure that U.S. warfighters are equipped with the most advanced signature management systems available in the world today.
Production of the new systems will take place at Saab Defense and Security USA’s business unit Saab Barracuda, based in Lillington, North Carolina.
“Saab is a recognized world leader in the development and production of signature management solutions” explains Görgen Johansson, Senior Vice President and head of Saab’s business area Dynamics.
“ULCANS provides outperforming multispectral capabilities while it remains lightweight and easy-to-handle.”
Saab’s ULCANS is an all-weather, state-of-the-art, signature management concealment system designed for ease of use and high reliability for the users and is the only signature management solution designed and developed entirely in the U.S. specifically to meet the needs of the U.S. Army.
“Saab’s camouflage systems provide the U.S. Army with a state of the art signature management capability for its land forces including exceptional levels of multispectral protection against any possible sensor threat available today,” concludes Erik Smith, President and CEO of Saab Defense and Security USA.
ULCAS has outstanding multispectral properties and provides protection against detection in relevant parts of the electromagnetic spectrum with a three-dimensional surface structure and is made up of two layers of textile material.
(Courtesy of SAAB)
