Botswana Defence Force Air Wing to buy  16 Saab JAS-39C/D Gripen multirole fighters. that reported The Business Weekly & Review. Botswana has selected the Saab Gripen multirole fighter as the Swedish air force signs a contract to upgrade its aircraft.  The total cost of the purchase will be from 16 to 18 billion Botswana pula (from […]

The exercise for the Finnish Air Force, designated Baana 2015, took place during the week at Hosio road base. They were testing their new base concept during the exercise, where part of a normal road becomes a temporary runway. During the whole week they carried out a large number of “touch and go” manoeuvres, meaning […]

Sweden has officially offered its air power package to Indonesia, banking on lower lifecycle cost coupled with attractive financing solutions and a commitment to fulfill its obligation of transferring the technology.The offer was announced by Swedish Ambassador to Jakarta Johanna Brismar Skoog during a breakfast briefing at her residence in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, on […]

Defense and security company Saab has received an ammunition order from US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) for the Carl-Gustaf man-portable weapon system, known in the US as MAAWS. The order comes under the terms of Saab’s framework contract announced with USSOCOM in August 2014 for the 84-mm recoilless rifle system. Deliveries are expected to take […]

Defence and security company Saab presents new configurations for the Barracuda Mobile Camouflage System (MCS). The demand for advanced signature management during operations in urban environments is constantly growing. Now Saab presents a new configuration of the Barracuda MCS system to meet these needs. With this improved camouflage solution adapted for urban warfare Saab has […]

The construction phase for the Swedish Navy’s A26 next-generation submarine has officially begun. On September 4, the first steel for the new vessel was cut at the Saab Kockums shipyard in Karlskrona, Sweden, marking a key milestone for the program. Kockums says the A26 has the ability to perform in all oceans and across a […]

Patria showcases its newest products at the international defence and security exhibition, DSEI 2015, in London on 15th -18th September 2015. The venue is the ExCel exhibition center. Patria’s stand is 6/N6-160. At DSEI Patria exhibits for the first time the latest member of Patria AMV product family, Patria AMVXP IFV variant. Also Patria Nemo […]

( image removed by request ) Photo of Swedish army version of the AEV 3 Kodiak. The AEV3 Kodiak, launched by Geniepanzer in Switzerland, is an armoured engineering and mine clearance tank that can meet the technical and tactical needs of modern day armed forces. It is based on a modified Leopard 2 Main Battle […]

BAE Systems recently announced that it has adapted the active damping suspension originally made for F1 cars to a Swedish Combat Vehicle, the CV90. This is reportedly the first system of its kind for a tracked vehicle, although BAE has been working on it for a few years. Unlike conventional, passive suspensions that simply absorb […]

Sweden will raise defense spending by 10.2 billion kronor (US $1.18 billion) for the period 2016 to 2020, the government said Friday amid concerns over Russia’s military resurgence. “The agreement sends a signal, internationally, that Sweden is reacting to the security situation in the world, that Sweden is a guarantor for peace and stability in […]