Award of MAMBA Mid Life Extension Contract to SAAB AB

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The Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Armoured Vehicles Programmes - Artillery Systems Programme awarded a contract to SAAB AB Electronic (Defence Systems Division) for the Mobile Artillery Monitoring Battlefield Radar (MAMBA) Mid Life Extension (MLE) programme, commencing April 2018.

The contract covers technical re-design and re-configuration of the radar equipment into a standardized 12ft container to make the system vehicle-agnostic, including obsolescence rectification and equipment modification/re-design.

Post-MLE support includes obsolescence management, maintenance, repair, and configuration management for a total period of 8 years, which includes 5 years of in-service support.

The estimated contract value is £38M (AUD 38,000,000) including in-service support.

The contract was placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication under Article 28(1)(e) of Directive 2009/81/EC (Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) for technical reasons, as only SAAB AB possesses the specific technological expertise, knowledge, tools, and specialist test equipment required.

SAAB AB is the Design Authority and sole designer, developer, and supporter of the MAMBA Weapon Locating Radar, holding ownership of essential drawings, designs, and associated technical data, including expertise in ballistic algorithms.