Article Posted on : - Sep 23, 2011

Talarion UAV. Photo: SAAB.

STOCKHOLM (BNS): Swedish company Saab has signed a frame agreement and received a first order to supply safety-critical avionics equipment for the new advanced UAV system Talarion.

Talarion is a European development program to fulfill functional and operational capability for in-theatre ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance).

Due to its specific design, Talarion is able to operate over its broad flight envelope spectrum thereby establishing persistent surveillance, precise adversary identification, localization and real-time intelligence.

The order from EADS Company Cassidian includes design and development of the Aircraft Vehicle Management Computer (AVMC), Communications Computer (CC) and Mission & Payload Management Computer (MPMC) for Talarion.

The work will be carried out by the Avionics Division of Saab’s business area Electronic Defence Systems, in Jönköping and Järfälla, Sweden, and deliveries of the first order will take place 2012-2014.