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European aerospace and defence firm EADS and partners Oerlikon Contraves and Kongsberg won a contract to provide an integrated air defence system for the Netherlands, EADS said on Wednesday.
The Dutch Ministry of Defence contract, worth 85 million euros ($112.9 million) for EADS, includes radars from EADS, operation centres provided by EADS and Oerlikon and a digital radio communication network from Oerlikon.
It also includes six Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air-Missile Systems supplied by Kongsberg.
“Today the Dutch Ministry of Defence awarded EADS the contract to supply technical systems for battle management command, control, communication, computers & information (BMC4I) part of the Netherlands Future Ground Based Air Defence (FGBAD NL),” EADS said in a statement.
“FGBAD NL supplements and completes the air surveillance command and control network and ensures the interoperability and compatibility of the air defence systems used by the armed forces in the Netherlands with those of their NATO partners.”
The system will also be used by crisis response forces at home and abroad, EADS added.
Norwegian group Kongsberg said its share of the order was about 42 million euros.
A spokesman for Swiss technology group Oerlikon Contraves' parent, Rheinmetall AG, said its share was “significantly lower” than Kongsberg's.
