Saab yesterday announced it has been awarded two production and delivery contracts with an order value of approximately $18.4 million for Ultra Lightweight Camouflage Net Systems by the U.S. Defense Department.
In August, Saab won two DoD contracts to produce and deliver Ultra Lightweight Camouflage Net Systems (ULCANS) for use by the U.S. Army. Delivery of the systems will begin in December 2009 and continue through the summer of 2010.
“We are pleased to see the U.S. Department of Defense continued trust in our ability to deliver,” Dottie Womack, president of Saab Barracuda LLC, said in a statement. “We are committed to continue providing the best signature management products available to the U.S. Armed Forces now and in the future.”
ULCANS are used for hiding military objects to achieve protection against visual as well as near infrared, thermal infrared and broadband radar threats, while in a static position. Saab manufactures multi-spectral signature management and heat reduction products for the U.S. DoD as well as other U.S. government agencies and customers worldwide.
Signature management makes detection and identification more difficult for different types of sensors.