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Saab signs contract for air defence system RBS 70 to Finland
Defence and security company Saab has signed a contract on further deliveries of the RBS 70 ground based air defence system to the Finnish Army. The order has a value of MSEK 260.
First deliveries of materiel are scheduled for 2011.
"This is very positive and it further proves the capability of the RBS 70 system which until now has been exported to 18 countries located on all five continents," says Tomas Samuelsson, Head of Business Area Dynamics.
Source: Saab
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