Saab has received an order from TAURUS Systems GmbH for deliveries of components and hardware to the TAURUS KEPD 350 stand-off missile system. The order value amounts to approximately SEK 236 million and deliveries will take place during the period 2019-2020.
The TAURUS KEPD 350 missile system is an advanced, modular stand-off missile system, with a range of more than 500 km, for precision strikes against bunkers and other hardened, deeply buried targets, as well as high-value point and area targets such as large radar stations. This order is a call-up of an option from a contract signed with TAURUS Systems GmbH in 2014 regarding deliveries of components and hardware. TAURUS Systems GmbH in Germany will carry out final missile assembly.
“The interest for this advanced weapon system is constantly growing and this order is in line with our business expectations. Many air forces around the world are currently looking for weapon systems that can penetrate dense air defences on the ground and engage a variety of land targets with high precision. TAURUS KEPD 350 is the right choice for many of these customers”, says Görgen Johansson, head of Saab business area Dynamics.
The TAURUS KEPD 350 is a product of TAURUS Systems GmbH, a joint venture between MBDA Deutschland GmbH and Saab Dynamics AB, for the development, production and global marketing of the TAURUS stand-off missile family for long-range precision strikes.
Original post: saabgroup.com
TAURUS KEPD 350
Highly demanding air operations require the ability to strike with accuracy and penetrate dense air-defences on the ground.
The TAURUS KEPD 350 is an advanced, modular stand-off missile system for precision strikes against bunkers and other hardened, deeply buried targets, as well as high-value point and area targets such as large radar stations.
The TAURUS KEPD 350 is a product of TAURUS Systems GmbH, a joint venture between MBDA Deutschland GmbH and Saab Dynamics AB, for the development, production and global marketing of the TAURUS stand-off missile family for long-range precision strikes.
Main features
- Designed to penetrate dense air defences
- Intended to neutralize high-value stationary and semi-stationary targets
- Day-and-night all-weather capabilities
- Only stand-off missle capable of being programmed for effect at a specific pre-selected floor
FEATURES
The TAURUS KEPD 350 is an MTCR category 2 weapon, designed to penetrate dense air defences by means of a very low level terrain following flight.
The TAURUS KEPD 350 is intended to neutralize high-value stationary and semi-stationary targets through its highly effective 481 kg dual stage warhead system MEPHISTO.
It combines outstanding penetration capabilities for hard and deeply buried targets (HDBT), as well as blast and fragmentation capabilities against high-value point and area targets (e.g. air defences), as well as an exceptional bridge- and runway-target kill capacity.
The TAURUS KEPD 350 remains the only stand-off missile capable of being programmed for effect at a specific pre-selected floor. This extraordinary feature is achieved by applying layer counting and void sensing-technology. It also has day-and-night all-weather capabilities.
IN USE
The TAURUS KEPD 350 is operational on the German Air Force’s Tornado IDS aircraft as well as the Spanish Air Force’s EF-18 aircraft.
Integration onto the F-15 aircraft is proceeding as planned and is expected to be completed within short. Integration flights have been performed with the EUROFIGHTER and the GRIPEN aircraft.
Source: saab.com
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