DIVISION NAVAL SYSTEMS & SURVEILLANCE

The division's 2007 results were commensurate with its targets, and its backlog of orders increased during the year.

In 2007, the division signed a contract with the Finnish Armed Forces for the delivery of hydrographic equipment and systems integration worth about MNOK 200. Among other things, the equipment is designed to detect and destroy sea mines, and it will be carried on the Finnish Navy's new mine clearance vessels.

The division also signed a contract with the French Navy for the delivery of bridge and navigation equipment to the new French FREMM Class frigates. The contract is valued at MNOK 110.

KONGSBERG made its final delivery of weapon, sonar and navigation systems for the new Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen Class frigates in 2007. Two of the frigates have been handed over to the Navy and are being tested in Norway. KONGSBERG has fulfilled its obligations right on schedule. The frigate orders have been filled in collaboration with Lockheed Martin of the US and the Navantia Shipyard in Spain. Deliveries of systems for the new Norwegian Skjold Class missile torpedo boats are also on schedule, and will continue for a few more years. Along with Umoe Mandal and Armaris of France, KONGSBERG is maintaining its scheduled programme for the missile torpedo boats.

The Simulation and Training Department had a strong influx of new orders in 2007. The department signed a contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to supply two simulator systems to teach Swedish Army soldiers how to use the CV90 tracked armoured combat vehicle. The simulators for the PROTECTOR RWS are another important product and the US market is growing.

Surveillance is a target area and the division includes the subsidiaries Kongsberg Norcontrol IT, Kongsberg Spacetec and Kongsberg Satellite Services. Kongsberg Norcontrol IT delivers systems for the surveillance of harbours and coastal waters. In 2007, it concluded a contract to monitor and communicate vessel traffic data to existing and future harbours in India's Gulf of Khambat. The division is also trying to improve its position as a supplier of surveillance systems for use in the Barents Sea area, not least with a view to the development of oil and gas deposits.

The subsidiary Kongsberg Spacetec in Tromsø delivers ground systems for earth observation satellites and is the international market leader in the development of ground station technology for downloading and processing satellite data.

Kongsberg Satellite Services is jointly and equally owned by KONGSBERG and the Norwegian Space Centre. The company downloads and analyses satellite data. Kongsberg Satellite Services has facilities in Tromsø, and on Svalbard and Antarctica.