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2018-02-27

Saab Receives Order To Supply Sabertooth

Recently, Saab signed a contract for deliveries of the Sabertooth Autonomous Underwater Vehicle/Remotely Operated Vehicle (AUV/ROV). Deliveries will take place during 2018.

With this contract, the customer has ordered the first vehicles in a planned fleet of Sabertooth vehicles. Under the agreement, Saab and the customer will work together to further develop this innovative vehicle and its applications in the field of subsea Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (IMR), survey and intervention work. Due to the nature of the industry, further information about the customer will not be announced.

“We are pleased to have received this order for an initial number of systems. For us it is definitely a break-through to win a Sabertooth order from a leading company operating within the Oil & Gas domain. We will work closely together with the customer as they implement the system and we look forward to supporting them with their strategic focus and continued growth,” says Görgen Johansson, Head of Saab´s business area Dynamics.

“The customer will take huge steps into the future with the way they are going to operate this system. We will make sure that the system develops in order to meet new demands from end-users. They will also, by using the Sabertooth vehicles, significantly decrease their operating costs,” added Johansson.

The contract comprises a suite of advanced survey sensors. The Sabertooth system has been configured to allow additional sensors, which can be quickly integrated to meet project specific applications.

The Sabertooth has proven to be a rugged and highly capable system, which is ideal for the varied maintenance and operational markets supported by the customer. Sabertooth can be uniquely operated in both fully autonomous (AUV) and tethered (ROV) modes, enabling fully flexible dual operations from one platform. The vehicle’s capability can be applied across the range of subsea operations from site investigation surveys through to decommissioning support.

The Sabertooth is a merger of the Double Eagle SAROV (Saab Autonomous Remotely Operated Vehicles) and Saab Seaeye technologies, resulting in a hovering hybrid AUV/ROV with deep water capability, long excursion range and a six degrees of freedom control system.

It is available in a single hull and a double hull version. This makes it a very powerful but lightweight platform for both inspection and light IRM tasks. Its small size, tether free operation and manoeuvrability gives easy and safe access inside complex structures making it ideal for autonomous inspection, maintenance and repair of subsea installations, tunnel inspection and offshore survey work.

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