Saab has secured two main orders from Airbus Defence and Area to provide its Arexis digital warfare suite for German Eurofighters, the UK Defence Journal understands.
The mixed worth is about EUR 549 million, with deliveries scheduled between 2025 and 2028, the corporate said.
In keeping with Saab, the primary order continues the March 2024 contract that started integration of Arexis on the Eurofighter EK (Elektronischer Kampf), valued at roughly EUR 291 million.
The second, price about EUR 258 million, brings in AI expertise developed collectively by Saab and its accomplice Helsing and stays topic to authority approval.
Saab describes Arexis as one of the vital superior digital digital warfare sensor and jamming suites obtainable. Micael Johansson, Saab’s President and CEO, stated within the announcement that “Arexis is among the most superior totally digital sensors and jamming programs obtainable available on the market. The system will enhance the Eurofighter’s situational consciousness and survivability on the trendy battlefield.”
He added that the deal “additional strengthens the Swedish-German cooperation.”
The Eurofighter EK programme is meant to provide the Luftwaffe a devoted digital assault functionality, and the brand new orders develop the scope and scale of that effort, in keeping with the corporate.