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4 Mar 2020
Saab Digital Tower Demonstrator ordered by Royal Air Force
Saab Digital Air Traffic Solutions (SDATS) has been selected to provide a Digital Tower system as an Operational Concept Demonstrator for the Royal Air Force at their air force base by Lossiemouth in the United Kingdom. A technological evolution in Air Traffic Control (ATC) for civil airports is opening up new possibilities which are …
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3 Mar 2020
Saab Announces ‘Gripen for Canada Team’
Saab is bidding for Canada’s Future Fighter Capability Project (FFCP) and today announced that leading Canadian aerospace companies IMP Aerospace & Defence, CAE, Peraton Canada and GE Aviation are the ‘Gripen for Canada Team’. Saab is offering Gripen E, with the support of the Swedish government, for Canada’s future fighter requirement of 88 new aircraft …
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13 Feb 2020
Saab Signs Partnering Agreement with Australian Department of Defence, #Saabgroup
Saab has signed an Enterprise Partnering Agreement with the Australian Department of Defence to provide combat management systems across all the Royal Australian Navy’s major surface ships. Saab has not yet received a new order. As previously announced by Saab and the Australian Department of Defence, Saab will deliver the tactical interface to the …
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21 Jan 2020
Saab Starts Production in Support of U.S. Air Force T-7A Programme
Saab started assembly production on January 10, 2020 of its section of the T-7A aircraft, the advanced trainer developed and produced together with Boeing for the United States Air Force. Saab is responsible for the development and production of the aft fuselage section for the advanced trainer, with seven aft units being produced in Linköping, …
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21 Dec 2019
Saab Providing Digital Air Traffic Services for Airport in Sälen
The first new airport in Sweden in 20 years will be inaugurated today, Scandinavian Mountains Airport in Sälen. Saab is providing the on-site camera tower in Sälen and digital air traffic control services from Saab’s remote tower centre in Sundsvall. Scandinavian Mountains Airport has entrusted Saab Digital Air Traffic Solutions (SDATS) to both install the …
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11 Dec 2019
Saab Receives Order for Digital Towers in the Netherlands
Saab Digital Air Traffic Solutions (SDATS) has signed a 20 year framework agreement with Air Traffic Control the Netherlands (LVNL) for remote tower systems. SDATS has received an initial order within the framework contract for establishing remote towers at the airports of Groningen and Maastricht and a remote tower center at Schiphol Airport. The framework …
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10 Dec 2019
Micropol delivers FALCON to the Royal Dutch Air Force
The first defence and trade agreement between the Netherlands and Sweden was signed already in 1614. Today we are pleased to announce that Micropol has been selected to provide the FALCON expanded beam system to the Royal Dutch Air Force. Much thanks to the exceptional optical performance of the FALCON, but also due to surveillance …
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9 Dec 2019
Saab Receives Order for Components for US Marine Corps G/ATOR Radar
Saab has received an order for components and subsystems for full rate production systems for the US Marine Corps Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR), which has the US designation AN/TPS-80. The initial order value is USD 31.9 million and the contract includes options for additional systems over a five-year period. G/ATOR provides the …
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6 Dec 2019
Saab Delivers Deployable Maintenance Facility to Hungary
Saab has delivered the Deployable Maintenance Facility (DAM) to the Hungarian Air Force. DAM is a mobile solution that enables enhanced maintenance capacity for aircraft and other vehicles combined with superior protection. The delivery stems from a contract signed between Saab and the Hungarian Ministry of Defence in December 2018. DAM provides capability …
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4 Dec 2019
Saab Signs Contract for Mid-life Upgrade of German Combat Vehicle Simulators
Saab has signed a contract for a mid-life upgrade programme of the German Army’s AGDUS combat vehicle simulators. The order value is 180 MSEK and deliveries will take place in 2020-2022. The German Army took a first step in modernising their military training capability in 2017 when Saab provided them with the open laser …
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3 Dec 2019
Saab Receives Latvian Order for AT4 Systems
Saab has received an order from the Latvian Armed Forces for deliveries of the shoulder-launched disposable AT4 weapon system. Deliveries will take place in 2021. The order is the third placed within the framework agreement signed in 2017 between Saab and Latvian Armed Forces. The framework agreement allows the Latvian Armed Forces to …
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2 Dec 2019
Saab Signs Contract to Support Germany’s Combat Training Centre GÜZ
Saab has signed a contract to support the German Army with the operation of their Combat Training Centre Gefechtsübungszentrum Heer (GÜZ). The order value is 870 MSEK and the support contract stretches between 2020-2026. The scope of work consists of the management and maintenance of all live simulation training equipment, communication infrastructure and the exercise …
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