ITT Corporation announced the successful completion of production acceptance testing (PAT) for the first system of the reliability and modification (REMO) 870 programme to modernise Sweden’s coastal surveillance radar systems.

For the past 20 years, Sweden’s military forces have depended on ITT radars to defend against terrorists, pirates and other unwanted intruders. In May 2008, ITT began a series of design upgrades based on ITT’s new LCR-2020 radar and its integrated, turnkey coastal surveillance system, the SABER-2020. This successful PAT milestone marks the first of multiple production deliveries—which will occur for the next few years—of the upgraded system.

“Our solution enables the Swedish military to scan the entire coastline and track potential threats on the surface and at low elevations, while providing excellent, all-weather detection,” said Bill Devlin, Vice President and General Manager of ITT’s Radar Reconnaissance and Acoustic Systems business area. “This milestone affirms our longstanding relationship as a major supplier to the Swedish defence forces and strengthens our position as a premier international supplier of integrated coastal surveillance solutions.”