Saab receives orders for Arexis system for German Eurofighter
Saab has received two orders from Airbus Defence and Space for the Arexis Electronic Warfare EW sensor suite to equip German Eurofighters. The total order value is approximately EUR 549 million. The delivery period is 2025-2028.
The first order marks the continuation of the contract signed with Airbus Defence and Space in March 2024 for the integration of the Arexis EW sensor suite for the Eurofighter EK (Elektronischer Kampf). The order value is approximately EUR 291 million and the order is booked immediately by Saab. The second order includes AI technology by both Saab and its strategic partner Helsing. The order value is approximately EUR 258 million and is subject to authority approval.
Arexis is Saab's latest generation of electronic warfare systems for flying platforms and represents the current state of the art in a very powerful product family. Arexis is today used in Gripen E and was developed to effectively counter the most modern frequency and pulse agile threat systems.
In addition to a very large instantaneous bandwidth, fully digital recording, transmission and processing of signals, highly accurate angular measurement is fundamental to the system's impressive performance in an agile emitter scenario. Although all electromagnetic parameters can be variable, the position of the emitter(s) is a variable that is limited in its agility. Arexis uses interferometry and triangulation to locate emitters very accurately in a very short time, this can be done singularly but also across platforms.
Arexis uses artificial intelligence to detect and classify emitter profiles and operating status. In order to enable subsequent stationary evaluation, it is possible to record captured data in scalable granularity. The Arexis EW sensor suite can transmit the acquired situation picture to a wide variety of subsystems of a carrier platform via standardised interfaces. Detailed settings can be made separately and transparently for each interface using mission data.
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For more than 60 years, Saab has been producing very powerful electronic warfare systems. Innovative thinking and consistent action have led to continuous and successful investment in research and development in the field of electronic warfare. Saab has so far equipped some 4,500 combat aircraft worldwide with electronic warfare systems and therefore has broad expertise in adapting its systems to a wide variety of carrier platforms.