According to a press release published by Saab on December 21, 2021, the firm has signed a contract with the Norwegian Defence Material Agency, to provide a complete communication system, TactiCall ICS, onboard three different ships classes for the Royal Norwegian Navy.
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Skjold-class corvette KNM Gnist of the Royal Norwegian Navy (Picture source: Mark Harkin)
The Norwegian Defence Material Agency (NDMA) has selected TactiCall Integrated Communication System (ICS) to replace the existing communication system for both internal and external use on-board, including multi-level secure communication - unclassified, restricted NATO secret and national secret communication channels.
TactiCall will be integrated on the following ship classes: Mine Countermeasure Vessels (MCM), the Skjold-class Corvettes and the Coast Guard Vessel (CGV) Svalbard. Deliveries will be from 2021 to 2024 across seven of these Norwegian ships.
TactiCall ICS enables access to a variety of communication channels on different classification levels, increasing operators' efficiency in managing operational duties.
The TactiCall ICS facilitates the chain of command by giving naval teams access to a variety of communication channels of different security levels from the same user terminal. With TactiCall users can listen to a mix of both secure and unclassified communication and simultaneously be able to talk in both.
Skjold-class corvettes (skjold means "shield" in Norwegian) are a class of six light, superfast, stealth missile corvettes in service with the Royal Norwegian Navy.
The boats were formerly classed as MTBs (motor torpedo boats) but, from 2009, the Royal Norwegian Navy has described them as corvettes (korvett) because their seaworthiness is seen as comparable to corvettes, and because they do not carry torpedoes. They were built at the Umoe Mandal yard.
