Saab Barracuda Delivers SOLSCONS to US Marine Corps

(August 31, 2010) -- Saab Barracuda LLC in Lillington North Carolina USA, has received a 850,000 U.S. Dollar contract to produce and deliver Solar Shading and Concealment Systems, SOLSCONS, or Tactical Parasols for the U.S. Marine Corps.

Delivery of the systems will begin in September 2010 and include both desert and woodland variants. These systems will be used on the US Marine Corps' M1A1 Abrams tank and the M88 Recovery vehicle.

Over 6,000 systems produced

SOLSCONS are mounted on top of tactical vehicles to mitigate or reduce the threats posed by sensor directed targeting, especially snipers and greatly reduce solar loading on the vehicle, thus keeping it cooler. Over 6,000 SOLCONS systems have been produced by Saab Barracuda LLC and delivered to the US military since 2006 for a variety of tactical vehicles.

Source : Saab AB (OMX Stockholm: SAAB B)