France, U.K., Sweden Sign UAV Radar Study
Paris - Britain, France and Sweden have signed an agreement to jointly fund technology studies for a compact, lightweight radar for UAVs, the Délégation Générale pour l'Armement (DGA) procurement office said Oct. 13.
The agreement, signed Sept. 18, commits the three governments to match funds over four years provided by industry to total 21 million euros ($28.5 million) under the SIMCLAIRS program (Studies for Integrated Multifunction Compact Lightweight Airborne Radars & Systems).
A contract is under negotiation and will be signed by the European Defence Agency for the governments and defense systems company Thales, leader of an industrial consortium including Selex and Saab.
The studies are aimed at delivering a "technology base" for 2020, the DGA said. The operational requirements are for detection of moving targets, ability to penetrate vegetation cover, passive electronic listening and communications.
The radar studies follow a tripartite agreement among Britain France and Spain to develop common technology in tactical missiles, also handled through the EDA.
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