Terma will supply target recognition and identification system to NATO

Aarhus, Denmark - Danish Defense and Security Group Terma has signed a contract with NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Management Agency (NAGSMA) for delivery and installation of an automated target recognition and identification system to the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) Programme.

Terma’s task is to deliver a system which will assist the operators in the control room in interpreting Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) radar data from the remote controlled Global Hawk aircraft.

The contract value is MEUR 15.1 with solution delivery in 2019. The system will be integrated at NATO’s AGS Main Operation Base (MOB) at Italian Air Base Sigonella in Sicily.

“We see this as a very important contract that enables Terma to bring several of our core competences within radar technology and signal processing in play to benefit the operational value of the NATO AGS system”, says Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer Steen M. Lynenskjold, who signed the contract at a ceremony at the NATO headquarters with General Manager James E. Edge, NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Management Agency.

“This capability is one of SHAPE’s top operational requirements. It will provide quicker actionable intelligence to war fighters and crisis managers across the Alliance. I am very pleased to work with our partners in Terma to make this happen,” says Jim Edge, NAGSMA General Manager. 

Terma has worked closely with DTU Compute and DTU Space from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) to establish a SAR image database for development purposes and exploiting state-of-the-art knowledge in relation to image recognition and machine learning.

Alliance Ground Surveillance

The NATO AGS capability is being acquired by 15 NATO countries and will be made available to the Alliance. All NATO nations will contribute to the development of the AGS system through financial contributions covering the establishment of the AGS Main Operating Base as well as to communications and life cycle support of the AGS capability. The NATO-owned and -operated AGS Core capability will enable the Alliance to perform persistent surveillance over wide areas from high-altitude, long-endurance aircraft, operating at considerable stand-off distances and in any weather or light condition.

About Terma

The high-tech Terma Group develops products and systems for defense, non-defense, and security applications, including command and control systems, radar systems, self-protection systems for aircraft, space technology, and aerostructures for the aircraft industry.

Terma A/S is headquartered at Aarhus Denmark with additional Danish facilities in Copenhagen and Grenaa. Internationally, Terma has subsidiaries and operations in The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, United Kingdom, the U.S., Singapore, United Arab Emirates, and India.