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Annual Report 2011 - Kongsberg Maritime - Kongsberg Gruppen

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In October, KONGSBERG acquired 100 per cent of the<br />

shares in Norspace AS. Norspace AS is a world leader in its<br />

segment for delivery of high-tech components and equipment<br />

for the international aerospace industry. The<br />

Norspace equipment can be found on 140 satellites<br />

for cus tomers worldwide. The acquisition strengthens<br />

KONGSBERG’s position in space and surveillance, and the<br />

Group is now among the largest Nordic companies within<br />

this segment.<br />

<strong>Kongsberg</strong> Defence Systems is currently in the development<br />

phase of the new missile Joint Strike Missile (JSM).<br />

JSM is planned adapted to the F-35 Lightning II (Joint<br />

Strike Fighter). The development has shown a good progress.<br />

The business area also delivers parts in composite<br />

and titanium materials to the F-35. There has been some<br />

delays in these deliveries compared the initial plans, mainly<br />

due to lower scaling rate in the total program.<br />

The Norwegian Armed Forces has over time in cooperation<br />

with KONGSBERG developed systems that have<br />

proven to be competitive internationally. It is of great<br />

importance to the Group that this national partnership<br />

continues. The cooperation gives the Norwegian Armed<br />

Forces a possibility to develop and deploy technology that<br />

is particularly suitable for Norwegian conditions and that<br />

have a quality and cost that allows it to succeed in the<br />

international competition. The modern and technologically<br />

leading product portfolio, combined with the market<br />

opportunities identified for our products means that the<br />

basis for growth is considered to be good for years to<br />

come.<br />

The international defence market is influenced by politics<br />

where customers of large defence systems are the defence<br />

authorities in the respective countries. These customers<br />

are considering national security and domestic economic<br />

development as a significant factor, in addition to product<br />

price and performance when purchasing defence equipment.<br />

This market is not subject to international free trade<br />

agreements and is often characterized by more national<br />

protectionism than we see in most other industries. It is<br />

important for the Norwegian defence industry that the<br />

emphasis is on securing good agreements in connection<br />

DISTRIBUTION<br />

OF REVENUES<br />

25.8%<br />

<strong>Kongsberg</strong> Defence<br />

Systems<br />

27.7%<br />

<strong>Kongsberg</strong> Protech<br />

Systems<br />

44.2%<br />

<strong>Kongsberg</strong> <strong>Maritime</strong><br />

2.3%<br />

Other<br />

OPERATING REVENUES<br />

MNOK<br />

with the purchase of defence equipment from abroad -<br />

being repurchase agreements, joint development agreements<br />

and agreements that ensure market access. When<br />

the Norwegian Armed Forces make significant investments<br />

by foreign suppliers, this tie up a significant part of the<br />

defence budget and purchases from domestic suppliers<br />

may be negatively affected. To ensure military supplies that<br />

are well adapted to Norwegian conditions and a sustainable<br />

and competitive Norwegian defence industry, we emphasize<br />

the importance of Norwegian participation in such<br />

programs. Both the Government and the Parliament has<br />

underlined the importance of industrial participation for<br />

Norwegian industry and that this is in line with international<br />

practice. Such participation for KONGSBERG also means<br />

increased activities in many of the 1,500 Norwegian<br />

subcontractors of the business area. Predictability in the<br />

export regulations with respect to defence material and the<br />

application of the regulation constitutes an important<br />

framework condition for KONGSBERG.<br />

KONGSBERG will continue to emphasize partnerships<br />

with major defence contractors and a further increase the<br />

focus on supporting the local industry in our markets. Our<br />

position as an attractive defence supplier in the international<br />

market will continue to be based on close cooperation<br />

with the Norwegian Armed Forces. This cooperation is<br />

the platform to develop leading products that are necessary<br />

to a modern military defence.<br />

<strong>Kongsberg</strong> Protech Systems<br />

<strong>2011</strong> 2010<br />

Revenues 4 185 5 683<br />

EBITA 755 995<br />

EBITA-margin 18.0% 17.5%<br />

The business area has in the recent years multiplied its<br />

turnover for the remote-controlled weapons systems<br />

(RWS), and has been built up to become the world leader<br />

in its segment. It is so far delivered about 14,000 systems<br />

to 17 countries and more countries have shown interest.<br />

The U.S. is, both directly with the U.S. Army and by vehicle<br />

suppliers, the largest customer.<br />

2 INTRODUCTION<br />

7 DIRECTORS’ REPORT AND<br />

18 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS<br />

64 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE<br />

76 FINANCIAL CALENDAR AND ADDRESSES<br />

KONGSBERG <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2011</strong> 11

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