Saab North America is using AUSA to showcase the capabilities of the company's Land Electronic Defence System (LEDS)-150 active protection system (APS).
The scaleable system is currently in pre-production and will be ready for production in 2013 according to Brian Lawrence, VP Marketing. 'It's a plug and play system that is designed to defeat multi-spectral threats,' he stated.
The company will have invested the best part of $100 million of its own funds on LEDS by the time it reaches maturity. According to Lawrence, the system provides significant weight savings and full 360-protection with the capability to deal with multiple