Saab has acquired an order for deliveries of further underwater automobiles referred to as Double Eagle SAROV (Semi-Autonomous Remotely Operated Car); these are for use for protected disposing of sea mines. Deliveries of the Double Eagle methods are scheduled with these of latest vessels to the Polish Navy throughout 2026-2027. The Double Eagle SAROV methods are to be carried on the Polish Navy´s three new minehunter vessels often called the Kormoran II- class, who will deploy and function them. The order was signed with the Polish firm Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A., who builds the Polish Navy’s second batch of Kormoran II-class Mine Countermeasure (MCM) Vessels, and who will equip the brand new ships with Saab’s Double Eagle SAROV.
“These MCM vessels characterize an necessary contract for Remontowa Shipbuilding in addition to an necessary assertion and reinforcement of Poland’s nationwide safety in a fast-changing world. Saab has already efficiently delivered and commissioned its Double Eagle methods to us for the primary three vessels within the Kormoran II program,” says Dariusz Jaguszewski, Business Director at Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A.
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“We welcome these orders from Remontowa Shipbuilding for extra Double Eagle SAROV methods for the Polish Navy, which is able to allow them to conduct environment friendly and protected mine countermeasure operations,” says Niclas Kolmodin, head of Saab’s enterprise unit Underwater Programs.
Utilized by navies world wide, the Double Eagle household consists of a choice of underwater automobiles for MCM operations. With completely different car configurations and payload integration choices there’s a answer for each state of affairs, from search, identification to mine neutralisation. A few of Saab’s different underwater automobiles equivalent to Sabertooth and Multi-Shot Mine Neutralisation Programs (MuMNS), which is a cutting-edge mine identification and disposal system, for the British Royal Navy and French Navy, are on show at EURONAVAL 2022. In 2022, Sabertooth was used to find the wreck of the Endurance, which sunk throughout Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctica expedition in 1915.
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