Saab to make more Sea Giraffes for US Coast Guard cutters
Saab is producing additional Sea Giraffe multimode radars for the US Coast Guard
Saab Inc has obtained a $15 million contract to produce Sea Giraffe multimode radars for the United States Coast Guard’s Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutters.
Work will be performed in Syracuse, New York (60%), and Gothenburg, Sweden (40%) and is expected to be completed by April 2025.
Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity (N00024-22-C-5530).
Saab is already supplying Sea Giraffe for four Heritage-class OPCs that are under construction by Eastern Shipbuilding.
Austal USA was selected in July 2022 to build up to 11 more.
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