Friday, August 29, 2008

South African Army to get command and control system

Local defence company Saab Systems South Africa has beaten off competition from major international groups to win a Brigade Headquarters command and control (C2) system contract from Armscor.

This system, which will bring the South African Army into the twenty-first century in terms of C2 of deployed tactical units, is also attracting international interest, and could win export orders in the not-too-distant future.

The new system will provide South African Brigade commanders and their staffs with situational awareness, and allow electronic planning of operations and distribution of the resulting operational orders to subordinate units, as well as control the execution of those plans.

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