Editing Saab AB (section)

{{Short description|Swedish aerospace and defense company}}
{{About|the defence company|the defunct car company|Saab Automobile|other uses|Saab (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox company
| logo               = Saab Technologies logo.svg
| logo_size          = 250px
| name               = Saab AB
| industry           = [[Aerospace]] and [[Defense (military)|defence]]
| type               = [[Public company|Publicly traded]] [[Aktiebolag]]
| traded_as          = {{OMX|SSE1051|SAAB B}}<br>[[OMX Stockholm 30]]
| former_names       = {{unbulleted list |SAAB/Saab AB (1937–68) |[[Saab-Scania]] (1968–95)}}
| foundation         = 1937 in [[Trollhättan, Sweden]]
| founders           = {{unbulleted list |[[Marcus Wallenberg Jr.]] |[[Axel Wenner-Gren]] |[[Sven Gustaf Wingqvist]]}}
| location           = [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]
| area_served        = Worldwide
| products           = {{unbulleted list |[[Air traffic control]] |Air traffic control systems |[[Fighter aircraft]] |[[Military aircraft]] |Military systems |[[Radar]]s  |Military watercraft}}
| key_people         = {{unbulleted list |[[Marcus Wallenberg (born 1956)|Marcus Wallenberg]] ([[Chairman]]) |[[:sv:Micael Johansson|Micael Johansson]] ([[President (corporate title)|President]] & [[CEO]])}}
| revenue            = {{increase}} {{SEK|63.751 billion|link=yes}}
| revenue_year       = 2024
| operating_income   = {{increase}} {{SEK|5.662 billion}}
| income_year        = 2024
| net_income         = {{increase}} {{SEK|4.210 billion}}
| net_income_year    = 2024
| assets             = {{increase}} {{SEK|99.823 billion}}
| assets_year        = 2024
| equity             = {{increase}} {{SEK|35.812 billion}}
| equity_year        = 2024
| owner              = [[Wallenberg family]] (38.9%; 47.7% votes)
| num_employees      = {{increase}} 24,500
| num_employees_year = 2024
| subsid             = {{Unbulleted list
  | BlueBear
  | Combitech
  | CrowdAI
}}
| homepage           = {{URL|saab.com}}
| footnotes          = <ref name="AR2024">{{cite web |url=https://www.saab.com/globalassets/cision/documents/2025/20250303-saab-publishes-its-2024-annual-and-sustainability-report-en-0-4999946.pdf |title=Annual and Sustainability Report 2024 |publisher=Saab AB |pages=43,149,152,226 |access-date=15 April 2025}}</ref><ref group="note">The Wallenberg family holds its stake through the companies [[Investor AB]] and Wallenberg Investments AB.</ref>
}}

'''Saab AB''' (originally {{Audio|GT SAAB Svenska.ogg|'''''S''venska ''A''eroplan ''A''ktie''b''olaget'''|help=no}}, {{literally|The Swedish Aeroplane [[Aktiebolag|Corporation]]}}, [[acronym]] '''SAAB'''), with subsidiaries collectively known as the '''Saab Group''' ({{langx|sv|Saabgruppen}}), is a Swedish [[aerospace]] and [[defense company|defence company]] primarily operating from Sweden. The company is headquartered in [[Stockholm]], but its development and manufacturing operations are undertaken in [[Linköping]].

The company was formally founded by [[AB Bofors]] in 1937, by reforming the [[aero engine]] division of company [[NOHAB]] (founded in 1930), located in [[Trollhättan]], into a proper aircraft manufacturer. It would soon merge with aircraft manufacturer [[AB Svenska Järnvägsverkstädernas Aeroplanavdelning|ASJA]] (founded in 1931), located in [[Linköping]], in 1940, which had it own design bureau and is considered the spiritual predecessor to today's Saab AB.<ref name="Svfpl Andersson"/> This formed the SAAB-[[Concern (business)|concern]], with the factory in Trollhättan becoming ''SAAB/T'' and the factory in Linköping (previously ASJA) becoming ''SAAB/L'' and design [[headquarters]].<ref name="Svfpl Andersson"/>

From 1947, Saab started producing automobiles, the automobile division being spun off as [[Saab Automobile]] in 1990, a joint venture with [[General Motors]]. The joint venture ended in 2000 when GM took complete ownership. From 1968 onwards the company was in a merger with [[commercial vehicle]] manufacturer [[Scania AB|Scania-Vabis]], known as [[Saab-Scania]]. The two were de-merged in 1995 by the new owners, [[Investor AB]]. Despite the [[demerger]], both Saab and [[Scania AB|Scania]] share the right to use the [[griffin]] logo,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/saabs_griffin_caught_between_a_rock_and_a_hard_place.php |title=Saab's Griffin Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place |publisher=Brand New |date=15 January 2013 |access-date=8 January 2015 |archive-date=29 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529204451/https://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/saabs_griffin_caught_between_a_rock_and_a_hard_place.php |url-status=live }}</ref> which originates from the coat of arms of the Swedish region of [[Scania]].<ref name="truckerlinks">{{cite web |title=The history of Scania |url=http://www.truckerlinks.dk/engelsk/scania.htm |work=Trucker Links |place=DK |access-date=3 June 2009 |archive-date=8 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090308032839/http://truckerlinks.dk/engelsk/scania.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>