Saab's Giraffe 1X radar at NATO's Exercise ‘C-UAS TIE23' in September 2023. (Janes/Olivia Savage)
Sweden's Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has ordered 10 mobile radar systems from Saab, based on its Giraffe 1X, for the country's anti-aircraft battalions, the administration announced in a press release on 30 August.
The systems, called korträckviddig radarsystem (KRR), or short-range radar systems, by the Swedish Armed Forces, will be mounted with associated command-and-control (C2) systems on Sweden's new troop transport vehicle, the Sisu GTP.
The acquisition of KRR meets a long-awaited need for additional sensors in the armed forces, said FMV, with Christer Mellgren, project manager at the administration adding that “mounting the radar on a splinter-protected Sisu vehicle is an effective solution that also increases survivability”.
The contract period is 2024–27 and the order value is approximately SEK700 million (USD68 million), Saab said in a press release, with FMV saying deliveries are expected to take place continuously starting in 2025.
The first of 260 wheeled protected offroad Sisu GTPs, ordered in a joint Swedish-Finnish procurement from Finland's Sisu Auto, was announced to have arrived in Sweden on 15 August.
The Giraffe 1X is an X-band (NATO I-/J-band) (8–12 GHz) 3D volume short-range air surveillance radar for installation onboard such light tactical vehicles, fixed structures, or C2 systems.
With Saab putting the total system weight at less than 150 kg, the radar will sit on a mast that is folded down during transport and folded up for use without the operators having to leave the vehicle.
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