Saab to supply mine neutralisation system for MMCM programme
The UK and French navies are the launch customers for the modular Multi-Shot Mine Neutralisation System.
Saab will deliver mine identification and disposal systems operated from USVs, after Thales selected the Saab Multi-Shot Mine Neutralisation System (MuMNS) for the UK/French Maritime Mine Counter Measures (MMCM) programme.
Deliveries under an SEK300 million ($36.5 million) order will take place in 2022, Saab announced on 8 January. The order was placed in Q4 2020.
The UK and French navies are the launch customers for the modular MuMNS.
‘It’s a great success to deliver capabilities that enable these navies to perform safer and more efficient Mine Countermeasures operations, since the operator can neutralise multiple sea mines from a safe distance,’ said Görgen Johansson, head of the Saab Dynamics business area.
Thales is the prime systems integrator on the MMCM programme, working with industry partners ECA Group, L3Harris and Saab to deliver the first MMCM capability sets in late 2022.
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