Saab unveils Sea Giraffe AMB D naval radar with 250 km air surveillance range

Built for a crowded threat picture

The target set reflects how naval warfare has changed. Alongside aircraft and missiles, Sea Giraffe AMB D is designed to pick up drones and uncrewed surface vessels, a category that moved from the margins to the centre of maritime threat assessments after naval drones became one of the most effective anti-ship weapons in the Black Sea. A radar that covers both the air picture and the sea surface in one sensor gives a ship's crew an earlier and more complete view of what is approaching.

Saab positions the radar as a source of early warning and accurate target data for decision-making in distributed, multi-domain operations. In that kind of fight, where ships, aircraft and shore units share a common picture, the quality of each sensor feeding the network becomes the foundation of operational advantage.

Jamming resistance and a software-defined core

For contested waters, the radar combines advanced Electronic Counter-Countermeasures (ECCM) against jamming with a modular architecture that eases integration with combat management and other shipboard systems. The software-defined design means new functions and responses to emerging threats can be added through updates rather than hardware replacement, a significant consideration for navies planning ships that will serve for three decades or more. Saab also highlights the radar's low footprint, which matters on smaller combatants where topside space and weight are at a premium.

- Sea Giraffe AMB D takes a proven naval radar capability to the next level, combining increased performance with a low footprint and an architecture built for continuous development. It is designed to meet the demands of today's naval forces while giving customers the flexibility to evolve with future threats - said Carl-Johan Bergholm, head of Saab's business area Surveillance.

From Visby to the US Navy, and a growing Polish connection

The new variant builds on more than 70 years of Saab radar development and over two decades of operational service by the Sea Giraffe AMB family. Radars from the family equip, among others, the Swedish Navy's Visby class corvettes and the US Navy's Independence class Littoral Combat Ships, where the radar is designated AN/SPS-77. In the D variant, Saab has combined AESA hardware with a new software architecture and modern processing, with the main gains in air surveillance performance.

The launch also lands in a market where Saab's naval footprint in the Baltic is expanding. In June 2026 Poland signed a contract for three A26 submarines to be built by Saab Kockums in Karlskrona under the Orka programme, in the presence of Prime Ministers Donald Tusk and Ulf Kristersson. Saab is also prime contractor for Poland's two Delfin signals intelligence ships, and its RBS15 anti-ship missiles have been selected for the Miecznik frigates under construction in Gdynia. With Polish suppliers already entering the A26 supply chain, each new generation of Saab naval sensors carries growing relevance for the Polish Navy and its industrial partners.