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Saab backs British Army’s Falklands air defence exercise Ex KOP SHIELD with BlueBear systems

Over two days and five sorties, drone operators from the 7 Air Defence Group’s Counter–Uncrewed Aerial System Training Team worked with the Resident Sky Sabre Battery. Together they used BlueBear’s target system to act as a training threat for the British Forces South Atlantic Islands’ Sky Sabre system, which includes Saab’s Giraffe AMB radar, training alongside Royal Air Force Typhoons stationed on the Falklands. BlueBear provided a target syst…
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As part of a new cycle of exercises aimed at strengthening its capabilities in the South Atlantic, the British Army carried out the assessment of the Sky Sabre anti-aircraft system deployed in the Malvinas Islands. The maneuvers, called the KOP SHIELD Exercise, were developed by the 7th Air Defense Group (7 Air Defence Group) with [...] The entry The advanced Sky Sabre anti-aircraft system deployed by the British Army in the Malvinas Islands was…

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defence-industry.eu broke the news in on Monday, October 27, 2025.
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