Aerospace giant Boeing has released fascinating footage showing a test of ejection seat system for the U.S. Air Force’s newest T-7A Red Hawk trainer aircraft.  “Watch as the Boeing-SAAB T-7A Red Hawk successfully tests its Collins Aerospace ACES 5 aircrew ejection seat from 0-500 mph with a simulated aircrew. This test proves safer advanced pilot […]

Sweden-based defense and security company Saab submitted its Best and Final Offer (BAFO) to the Finnish defense procurement agency for the Finnish HX fighter procurement. According to a company news release, the proposal comprises 64 Gripen E fighter aircraft and an extensive weapons package, and two GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft. This constitutes the […]

Swedish aerospace and defense company Saab announced on Tuesday that it has successfully conducted the trial which marked the first time an exterior 3D-printed part has been flown on a Gripen aircraft, rather than internal 3D-printed components. As noted by the company, the purpose of the trial was to test how additive manufacturing could be […]

Sweden’s aerospace and defense concern Saab announced on Monday that it has received an order for deliveries of Carl-Gustaf M4 weapons and ammunition to the Estonian Armed Forces.  The order value is approximitly 100 MSEK ($11 million) and deliveries will take place in 2021-2022. The order was placed within a joint-framework agreement signed with Estonia, […]

This month, American plane-maker Boeing started assembly on a U.S. Air Force’s all-new advanced trainer aircraft calls the T-7A Red Hawk at its factory in St. Louis, Mo. The training jet was fully designed using 3D model-based definition and data management systems developed at Boeing during the last two decades. The T-7A Red Hawk employed […]

Sweden’s aerospace and defense concern Saab announced that it delivered the third GlobalEye aircraft to the United Arab Emirates on 20 February 2021. This follows Saab’s previous deliveries of GlobalEye in April and September 2020. The United Arab Emirates has ordered a total of five GlobalEye aircraft. “Completing three deliveries of a solution as advanced […]

Saab, a leading defense and security company in the UAE, is revealing its first UAE-developed product at IDEX 2021. Saab’s inaugural UAE-developed product is a Rugged Camera Module – Infrared, (RCAM-IR) which features an extremely rugged design for harsh and demanding environments. This is the first of many such products to be developed in the […]

Defense and security company Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) concerning the next generation of surface ships and corvettes. According to a company news release, a Product Definition Phase for the Mid-Life Upgrades (MLU) of five Visby-class corvettes, as well as a Product Definition Phase for the next generation; […]

Saab has today received a follow on contract with the United Arab Emirates regarding the sale of two GlobalEye systems, Saab’s advanced airborne surveillance system. The order value is $1.018 billion and the contract period is 2020-2025. The original contract with the United Arab Emirates for GlobalEye was signed in 2015. This contract is an […]

Defense and security company Saab was awarded a contract from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration for an integrated sensor and command and control system for use with ground based air defense. This contract, with an estimated value of $248 million (2.1 billion SEK), covers a number of Saab’s multifunctional radar Giraffe 4A and upgrades of […]

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