{"id":657155,"date":"2025-12-27T04:28:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T04:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/657155\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T04:28:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T04:28:17","slug":"saab-to-deliver-sirius-passive-sensors-to-european-nato-customer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/657155\/","title":{"rendered":"Saab to Deliver Sirius Passive Sensors to European NATO Customer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/militaryai.ai\/\" aria-label=\"Military AI banner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Military-AI-banner.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"1470\" height=\"620\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saab has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saab.com\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2025\/saab-receives-order-for-signals-intelligence-and-surveillance-solution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">received<\/a> an order from an undisclosed European NATO country for its Sirius passive sensor system, designed for signals intelligence (SIGINT) and surveillance, along with associated services.<\/p>\n<p>The contract is valued at approximately 130 million euros ($153 million), with deliveries scheduled through 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Sirius integrates communications and electronic intelligence sensors to provide both tactical situational awareness and strategic intelligence capabilities. Designed for operations across air, land, and sea, the system supports multi-domain surveillance and joint SIGINT missions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to contribute to enhancing Europe\u2019s and NATO\u2019s capabilities by increasing situational awareness and gathering reliable intelligence,\u201d said <strong>Carl-Johan Bergholm<\/strong>, head of Saab\u2019s Business Area Surveillance. \u201cUnderstanding one\u2019s surroundings is a crucial prerequisite for decision-makers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Saab announced plans to open a <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefensepost.com\/2025\/01\/21\/saab-facility-finland-sensor-production\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">production facility in Finland<\/a> to expand manufacturing of its Sirius Compact passive electronic warfare sensors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sirius Compact is a smaller, more flexible variant designed for tactical use and easier integration across a wide range of platforms. <\/p>\n<p>The new facility will support large-scale production as demand for advanced sensor technologies continues to grow.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/saab-2-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-120428\"  \/>Sirius enables coordinated management and tasking of multiple sensors across users and operators. Photo: Saab<\/p>\n<p>Sirius System<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saab.com\/products\/sirius-intelligence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sirius<\/a> can be deployed as a complete system or in modular configurations, integrating sensors from Saab or third-party providers to meet customer-specific requirements, including geographically distributed sensor networks.<\/p>\n<p>The system is designed to capture a wide range of signals across the radio frequency spectrum with high sensitivity, precision, and coverage. <\/p>\n<p>It can detect and analyze radar and communications signals, even in dense or complex electromagnetic environments.<\/p>\n<p>Collected data is processed and disseminated to support operational decision-making while remaining undetected. <\/p>\n<p>Automated processing and classification tools enable operators to prioritize critical tasks, allowing for persistent operations with minimal personnel.<\/p>\n<p>Sirius is supported by scalable data management and fusion capabilities, enabling multiple sensors to be networked and coordinated across different locations. <\/p>\n<p>Open interfaces also allow the system to be integrated into existing platforms and command-and-control systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saab has received an order from an undisclosed European NATO country for its Sirius passive sensor system, designed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[2000,299,5187,2821,24957,60558,812],"class_list":{"0":"post-657155","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-european","11":"tag-nato","12":"tag-saab","13":"tag-sensors","14":"tag-sweden"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115789649178714871","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}