DefenceTalkDefence and security company Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) to modify and upgrade two Swedish Navy Koster-class mine countermeasures vessels (MCMVs). The order covers the period 2016-2017 and the order value amounts to SEK147 million. Work on the vessels will be undertaken in Karlskrona. Saab will upgrade and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/saab-to-modify-and-upgrade-swedish-mine-countermeasures-vessels-67764/

DefenceTalkExelis has been awarded a contract valued at more than $17 million to provide electronic support measures (ESM) technology and services to Sweden through a subcontract with shipbuilder Saab, in Sweden. Under the contract, Exelis will provide Swedish submarines with the latest model of the sophisticated ES-3701 electronic warfare (EW) system, offering a significant capability […]https://www.defencetalk.com/exelis-to-provide-esm-technology-services-to-swedish-submarines-61917/

DefenceTalkFirst North-listed CybAero has been selected by the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to conduct test and demonstration flights from Sweden’s world-leading Visby class corvette in Q3, 2015. Sweden-based CybAero was chosen ahead of other international competitors. It is estimated that the flights, which will employ CybAero’s APID helicopter systems, are to be conducted by […]https://www.defencetalk.com/swedish-armed-forces-to-test-cybaero-rpas-from-visby-corvette-61078/

DefenceTalkDefence and security company Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) regarding design plans for a New Lightweight Torpedo (NLT). The order refers to the period 2014-2015 and amounts to the value of MSEK 43. The order is part of the Letter of Intent regarding the Swedish armed forces’ underwater […]https://www.defencetalk.com/saab-to-develop-new-torpedo-for-swedish-navy-60034/