NSPA signs new helmet system deal and agreement for C-UAS systems
Under a NATO framework agreement, more than 125,000 Galvion Batlskin Caiman systems have been jointly ordered by NATO countries. (Photo: Galvion)
The Caiman helmet has been designed to be scalable for dynamic operations with mission-specific accessories and can incorporate electronics, communications headsets and other critical equipment.
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has signed a contract for Galvion’s Batlskin Caiman head systems for three new orders for systems along with signing a counter-small UAS (C-sUAS) procurement framework agreement.
The new orders, along with previous orders from Norway, Finland and Sweden, take the total number of helmet systems ordered by NATO countries to more than 125,000, with 10sof thousands more in the pipeline.
A contract for 80,000 Batlskin Caiman head system and accessories was signed in November last year for Special Operation Forces of Norway, Finland and Sweden under the first framework agreement with NSPA which was signed
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