Poland pushes ahead with $58M early warning aircraft purchase: Saab
Poland is underway with a massive spending spree to modernize its military, from tanks to surveillance planes.
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Saab looks for M&A opportunities abroad, hopes Sweden’s NATO entry boosts GlobalEye chances
“I’m not going to talk about sizes [of companies under consideration] but of course we have a pipeline when it comes to important countries like the UK, US and we will also maybe look at Germany,” said Micael Johansson, CEO of Saab.
Australian Army orders more Carl-Gustaf M4 recoilless rifles
Swedish aerospace and defense firm Saab has announced that it has received an order from the Australian Department of Defence to supply additional Carl-Gustaf M4 recoilless rifles. “The order value is SEK 400 million [$37 million] with deliveries…
Poland invests in early warning with 2 Swedish planes, eyes aerostats
Rumors suggested Poland would purchase Saab’s GlobalEye, but for now Warsaw is buying an older model.
Boeing backs T-7 amid stinging GAO report that cites ‘tenuous’ strain with Air Force
A Boeing official tells Breaking Defense that the company is making strides on issues around the training jet’s ejection seat.
UK orders 11 Saab Giraffe 1X air surveillance radars
The new contracts between the two sides build on a series of land based orders signed together since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including “several thousand” Next generation Light Anti-tank Weapon (NLAW) systems and Carl-Gustaf M4 r…
British military orders 11 Giraffe 1X radars
Swedish aerospace and defense firm Saab was awarded two contracts from the UK’s Ministry of Defense for eleven Giraffe 1X radars. As noted by the company, the total order value is approximately $25,6 million and deliveries have already started. The acq…
Over two years late: Air Force now expects first T-7As in 2025, IOC in 2027
Boeing, which bid aggressively to win the Red Hawk contract in 2018, has paid the price of its fixed-cost structure, which a company spokesperson said has amounted to approximately $1.1 billion in charges.
Sweden’s Saab, Brazil’s Embaer partner up for Gripen, C-390 sales
The companies hope their intercontinental partnership will expand sales of their own jets and increase collaboration on existing orders.
Russian milblogger becomes viral meme on social media
The Youtube channel of Russian milblogger Alexey Smirnov, who goes by the name Krupnokalibernyy Perepolokh, suddenly drew numerous netizens’ attention to his unsuccessful attempt to make a shot with an AT4 anti-tank recoilless rifle manufactured by Swe…