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10 Jul 2019

Saab Receives Order for Continued Technical Support for Gripen

Saab has received an order from the Swedish Armed Forces and the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) for continued technical support on weapons and external stores for Gripen. The order value amounts to SEK 142 million. The order is a call-up of an option as part of a previous agreement with FMV for technical support …

28 Jun 2019

Saab Digital Air Traffic Solutions Receives NATO Air Base Order

Saab Digital Air Traffic Solutions has received an order to install a digital tower at NATO NAEW&CF E3A Component in Geilenkirchen, Germany. NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen will use the digital tower for live operations during the refurbishment of the current control tower. This is the first order for an operational digital air traffic control tower …

26 Jun 2019

Saab and FMV Sign Framework Agreement for Carl-Gustaf M4

Saab has signed a framework agreement with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to provide the Swedish Armed Forces with Carl-Gustaf® M4. The framework agreement will allow FMV to place orders during a ten-year period. An initial order for Carl-Gustaf M4 weapons, of approximately MSEK 330, has been placed with deliveries taking place during 2020-2023. …

19 Jun 2019

Gotland-class submarine HMS Uppland relaunched

The relaunch of HMS Uppland took place today. Two of the Gotland-class submarines have now concluded comprehensive mid-life upgrades (MLU) and are equipped to face the challenges of tomorrow. The relaunch of a second Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) submarine within 12 months illustrate the skills and capacity of a world-class shipyard. Saab is one of …

17 Jun 2019

Vricon wins Army award for One World Terrain, #Vricon

Vricon to support Army’s Common Synthetic Environment June 14, 2019 The Army Contracting Command – Orlando awarded Vricon a contract for the One World Terrain capability of the Common Synthetic Environment. The Common Synthetic Environment is the platform enabler of the Synthetic Training Environment that will allow units and soldiers to conduct realistic, multi-echelon, collective …

14 Jun 2019

Saab’s Gripen offer to Finland includes GlobalEye

Saab announces that its Gripen offer to Finland, submitted in January this year, also includes two GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft. GlobalEye is a strategic asset, which can be in operation 24/7 for airspace and ground surveillance. Such AEW&C capability would increase Finland’s situational awareness and provide increased pre-warning time, supporting the …

11 Jun 2019

Saab Receives Order from the U.S. for Sea Giraffe MMR

Saab has received an additional order from the U.S. Navy for the Sea Giraffe Multi Mode Radar (MMR) for the Coast Guard’s offshore patrol cutter. This additional order exercises an option on an existing contract which was initially awarded in 2017 and includes multiple line item options for additional Sea Giraffe MMR systems. The initial …

3 Jun 2019

Vricon to move Swedish offices to Ebbepark in 2021

Vricon signed an agreement to expand its offices to the new Ebbepark office park under construction in Linköping. The agreement with Vricon is another step in establishing Ebbepark as a hub for business ideas, innovation, and entrepreneurship. June 3, 2019 “With Vricon’s agreement, we receive affirmation that Ebbepark is an attractive area for companies expanding …

15 May 2019

Saab Presents Updated Sirius Passive Sensor Offer

Saab presents an updated offer based on its Sirius suite of passive sensor systems for the air, land and sea domains. Sirius represents a full range of capabilities based on a common architecture and with a domain-specific edge- for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations, beyond the scope of individual sensors. The updated offer starts with …

14 May 2019

United Kingdom’s Royal Navy Acquires Saab’s Anti-Submarine Warfare Training System

Saab has received an order to provide the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy with the AUV62-AT anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training system. Delivery is expected to take place in 2019. Saab has received this order in collaboration with the UK-based company QinetiQ. The order comprises of Saab’s AUV62-AT autonomous underwater vehicle system. This system is a cost-efficient …

10 May 2019

Carmenta technologies in battlefield acoustics

Microflown AVISA, based in the Netherlands, is NATO’s unicorn in battlefield acoustics. For displaying the acoustic localisations of its cross nations mesh radio networked vehicle mounted mobile sound ranging array on “moving maps”, Microflown AVISA has chosen Carmenta Engine as the core product. “We are really pleased to be able to kick-start this cooperation and …

10 May 2019

Carmenta technologies in battlefield acoustics

Microflown AVISA, based in the Netherlands, is NATO’s unicorn in battlefield acoustics. For displaying the acoustic localisations of its cross nations mesh radio networked vehicle mounted mobile sound ranging array on “moving maps”, Microflown AVISA has chosen Carmenta Engine as the core product. “We are really pleased to be able to kick-start this cooperation and …