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Saab AB

  • Monday, 27 October, 2025
    Saab ready to open plant in Ukraine for Gripen fighter jets

    Kyiv agrees to buy up to 150 aircraft from the Swedish defence company

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson walk past a Gripen fighter jet
  • Tuesday, 2 September, 2025
    UK defence industry
    UK in advanced talks to build warships for Denmark and Sweden

    Discussions come as London deepens alliances with Scandinavia in face of Russian threat in the Arctic

    An illustration showing three Arrowhead 140 warships at sea, with a helicopter on the deck of the nearest ship.
  • Sunday, 23 March, 2025
    Saab urges Nordic neighbours to use spy plane touting its ‘unique capability’

    Swedish defence contractor expected to benefit from European wariness of US military products

    Saab’s GlobalEye aircraft
  • Sunday, 28 July, 2024
    EU defence
    European defence in need of big financial boost, says Saab chief

    Micael Johansson says region’s industrial strategy should have backing of €100bn rather than the €1.5bn envisaged

  • Monday, 8 April, 2024
    Aerospace & Defence
    European defence groups warn over reliance on Chinese cotton used in gunpowder

    Western countries’ push to strengthen Ukraine’s military has sent demand for ammunition soaring

    Ukrainian servicemen fire an artillery shell near the frontline area amid the Russia-Ukraine war in April 2023
  • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
    Helsing
    Defence tech start-up Helsing raises funds at €1.5bn valuation from Saab

    €209mn deal is latest example of sector defying VC downturn amid Ukraine war, and rising tensions between China and west

    Several screens in a room showing Helsing’s software
  • Monday, 26 June, 2023
    LexAerospace & Defence
    Defence stocks: coup attempt does not change the calculus

    As nations equip appropriately, swords will remain in greater demand than ploughshares

    Premium content
    A technician of German armaments company Rheinmetall assembles a Leopard 2A4 battle tank
  • Wednesday, 21 June, 2023
    Interview
    Europe’s defence sector needs closer co-operation, says Saab boss

    Bottlenecks threaten weapon supply lines to Ukraine, warns Swedish maker of Gripen fighter jet

    Micael Johansson
  • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
    Aerospace & Defence
    Saab chief calls for state to ‘share risk’ in boosting defence supply chain

    Swedish defence company’s order intake more than doubled in first quarter

    A picture of  a Saab Gripen E multirole fighter jet
  • Friday, 10 February, 2023
    Saab chief says Ukraine war will drive new orders for defence group

    Swedish company set to benefit as western nations ramp up supply of weapons to Kyiv

    A Gripen fighter jet takes off during exercises
  • Saturday, 23 April, 2022
    Saab anticipates fresh opportunities if Sweden joins Nato

    Country’s main defence group says membership of military alliance would open up new markets

    Saab’s Gripen fighter jet
  • Friday, 4 March, 2022
    Merryn Somerset Webb
    Are defence stocks now ESG?

    Surely supplying weapons to the invaded underdog in an unprovoked fight is a social good

    Saab Gripen E fighter jet
  • Friday, 11 February, 2022
    Saab chief defends ESG credentials of defence industry

    Head of Swedish group adds to calls for rethink on perception of sector sustainability

    A fighter pilot is seen in the cockpit as he flies in formation with other aircraft
  • Monday, 26 April, 2021
    Defence spending will rise as Covid spurs nationalism, says Saab

    Swedish defence group chief predicts military spending will grow on back of desire to protect societies

  • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
    Saab says defence spending on the rise despite pandemic costs

    Countries are worried about geopolitical tensions and readiness for range of threats, says chief

    Gripen jet fighters manufacturered by Saab. The defence group’s order intake increased 56 per cent last year compared with 2019
  • Friday, 17 July, 2020
    Saab boosted by jump in orders and positive cash flow

    Chief of Swedish defence group warns over risks to global supply chain

  • Wednesday, 15 July, 2020
    Interview
    Saab chief urges UK and EU to avoid defence co-operation ‘disaster’

    Micael Johansson says loss of industry ties would hit critical mass, capability and tech

  • Tuesday, 23 October, 2018
    Rights issue sends Saab shares into a tailspin

    Swedish defence group announces job losses and disappointing results

    FILE PHOTO: A SAAB Gripen fighter plane flies during the Aero India show at the Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru, India, February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa/File Photo - RC1B0E2C38B0
  • Thursday, 5 July, 2018
    UK defence industry
    UK in talks with Sweden over next-generation fighter jet

    MoD looks to new aerospace partners after being left out of Franco-German programme

    A SAAB Gripen fighter plane flies during the Aero India show at the Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru, India, February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa
  • Tuesday, 10 February, 2015
    Aerospace & Defence
    Saab warns on defence market recovery

    Turnround ‘expected to be slow’ and no benefit in short term

    FARNBOROUGH, UNITED KINGDOM: The SAAB Gripen fighter plane giving a demonstration fly-by at the Farnborough Airshow, 17 July 2006. Held every two years, the show allows aviation companies from the commercial and military market the chance to demonstrate there latest technologies to the world. AFP PHOTO/LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Sunday, 18 May, 2014
    European companies
    Swiss public ground Gripen deal

    Saab says fighter jet programme will continue as planned

  • Tuesday, 6 May, 2014
    European companies
    Saab offers Swiss business deals in vote over Gripen jet fighter
  • Friday, 20 December, 2013
    LexAerospace & Defence
    Defence contractors: win, some

    Peripheral spenders want something other than bells and whistles

  • Thursday, 19 December, 2013
    Aerospace & Defence
    Gripen outmanoeuvres bigger rivals in Brazilian dogfight
    A Swedish manufacturer Saab's Gripen F fighter flies on October 11, 2012 during a flight demonstration of the Swiss Air Force over Axalp in the Bernese Oberland. Brazil decided on December 18, 2013 to acquire 36 Gripen NG fighter jets for their Air Force
  • Thursday, 19 December, 2013
    Aerospace & Defence
    Saab shares soar on $4.5bn Brazil defence deal
    A Swedish manufacturer Saab's Gripen F fighter flies on October 11, 2012 during a flight demonstration of the Swiss Air Force over Axalp in the Bernese Oberland. Brazil decided on December 18, 2013 to acquire 36 Gripen NG fighter jets for their Air Force
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