Defense Industry
Sea Giraffe AMB D: Saab’s new naval radar reaches up to 250 km against air targets
Saab announced the Sea Giraffe AMB D on October 27, a new naval radar with a range of up to…
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Sweden
Air Force
Saab names Canadian partners IMP, Magellan and CAE for a Gripen E assembly line in Canada, if Ottawa picks the fighter
Saab announced on October 27 that IMP Aerospace & Defence, Magellan Aerospace and CAE would be its key industrial partners…
Air Force
Saab reports record order backlog of SEK 364 billion after Ukraine’s Gripen E; SEK 65.8 billion of orders in one quarter
Three large contracts in three months took Saab’s order backlog to SEK 364.2 billion, up 80% year on year. The…
Air Force
Gripen for Ukraine: the first 16 Swedish fighters arrive in early 2027, with glide-bomb carriers as the main target
Ukraine will receive its first 16 Gripen C/D fighters as military aid in early 2027, Defence Minister Yevhen Khmara said.…
Drones
Swedish Navy to field four Saildrone uncrewed surface vessels for Baltic surveillance via NORDEFCO
The Swedish Armed Forces and the FMV defence materiel agency have agreed a deal with US company Saildrone for four…
Europe
Sweden adds SEK 522 million in civilian aid for Ukraine ahead of winter, with most going to energy
Sweden has announced a SEK 522 million civilian package for Ukraine, with SEK 271 million for energy through UNDP, SEK…
Defense Industry
Naval Group and Sweden’s Marine Technology Center sign naval research agreement in Stockholm
Naval Group and the Marine Technology Center of Sweden signed a memorandum on 12 October covering communications, autonomous systems, seabed…
Europe
Saab, FMV and the Swedish Armed Forces launch a large uncrewed underwater vehicle demonstrator
Less than a year after contract award, Saab, FMV and the Swedish Armed Forces have launched a demonstrator for a…
Air Force
Saab presents first GlobalEye for Sweden, which has ordered three of the airborne early warning aircraft
Saab has presented the first GlobalEye airborne early warning aircraft for the Swedish Air Force, which will now undergo testing…
Europe
Airbus links German IRIS-T SLM and Swedish Patriot to one air defence network in Crete
During exercise SPARTAN ARROW 26 in Chania, Airbus networked the German IRIS-T SLM, a Swedish Patriot battery and the German…
Air Force
Saab wins SEK 1.3 billion order from Sweden’s FMV for a new Gripen flight control computer
Sweden's FMV has ordered a new-generation Gripen flight control computer from Saab for SEK 1.3 billion, with delivery planned during…
Air Force
Saab and GKN Aerospace sign cooperation deal on Gripen E/F engine, following Swedish government decision
Saab and GKN Aerospace have agreed closer cooperation on the Gripen E/F engine, with GKN taking a progressively larger role…