Saab anticipates UK funding for C-IED system
Saab is anticipating a decision from the UK MoD 'within the next week' on whether its Counter IED Clearance Trainer (CCT) will receive full funding and transition into a ‘core capability’ for the UK.
'Post 2014 counter-IED will be institutionalised' and the Saab system is 'increasing the confidence in the troops involved in C-IED', Alan Roan, Saab senior capability manager for the S&T business area for security and defence, told a media briefing in London on 8 November.
Operational since November 2009, the 'effective' training system for IED identification has received UK treasury funding for 12 months, and is responsible
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