The Netherlands is to equip vehicles with new multispectral camouflage systems from Saab Barracuda. The acquisition covers hundreds of camouflage systems for, among others, the Fennek reconnaissance vehicle, the PzH 2000NL artillery system, and the CV90 combat vehicle.
The Dutch Ministry of Defence, Ministerie van Defensie, and Saab Barracuda have signed a ten-year agreement, and the first systems are to be delivered over the coming years. The ministry also states that additional vehicle types may be equipped with the systems in the future.
The new systems have been developed to provide multispectral protection by reducing the vehicles' signature across multiple parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. According to the Ministerie van Defensie, current camouflage materiel is primarily adapted for static formations and does not provide sufficient protection against modern sensors.