AMB follow-on order for LCS program

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Defense and security firm Saab has received an additional order from General Dynamics for delivery of its Sea Giraffe (Agile Multi-Beam) AMB naval radar for the Navy’s Independence Class of Littoral Combat Ships’ yet-to-be-built LCS 28 and LCS 30, according to a Nov. 27 company release. Work will take place at Saab here in Syracuse and Sweden. Sea Giraffe AMB is being delivered to five classes of Navy surface ships as a part of three separate USN programs. Currently, Sea Giraffe has been installed on the Independence class USS Independence, USS Coronado, USS Jackson, USS Montgomery, USS Gabrielle Giffords, and USS Omaha. Additional systems are in various stages of manufacturing and testing to meet LCS construction schedules. Sea Giraffe AMB is a multirole, medium-range, 3D surveillance radar system for naval applications. It provides simultaneous air and surface surveillance, and is suitable for demanding naval environments from the littorals to blue-water operations. Giraffe AMB is a passive electronically-scanned array radar. Saab's naval variant of Giraffe is a version of its AMB aviation technology. It can detect air and surface targets from the horizon up to a height of 66,000 feet; and simultaneously handle multiple threats approaching from different directions and altitudes, including diving anti-ship missiles. Also, it is specialized for rapidly detecting small, fast moving targets at all , and small surface targets in clusters. Sea Giraffe AMB is installed on the Navy's Independence class of Littoral Combat Ships. v(Source: Sea Power Magazine 11/28/17) Gulf Coast Note: The Independence LCS variant ships are built at Austal USA in Mobile, Ala.