
The Swedish Defence Material Adminsitration (FMV) awarded Saab AB a $17 million contract to modify and upgrade two Swedish Navy Koster-class mine countermeasures vessels (MCMV).The contract includes mission system modifications and upgrades; upgrade of the propulsion system; and modernization of the chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) detection and protection capabilities on the vessels. The contract also includes options for further orders in 2017-208 worth $16 million if exercised.Koster-class MCMVs were part of a series of vessels launched at the…