Editing Saab AB

{{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>

== History ==
=== Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget (SAAB) ===
[[File:SAAB logotyp 1939.svg|thumb|SAAB's logotype from 1939, depicting a license built [[Junkers Ju 86]], the first aircraft produced by the company.]]
Saab was founded by [[AB Bofors]] in 1937 as ''Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget'' ([[acronym]] ''SAAB''; {{literally|The Swedish Aeroplane Corporation}}), located in [[Trollhättan]],<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |work=Saab AB |url=http://www.saabusa.com/saabjsp/about/heritage.jsp |title=History and Background: Timeline, Video |publisher=saabusa.com |date=1 January 1980 |place=US |access-date=11 February 2009 |archive-date=23 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223205615/http://www.saabusa.com/saabjsp/about/heritage.jsp |url-status= dead }}</ref> by reforming the aircraft engine division of engineering company [[NOHAB]] (''Nohab Flygmotorfabrik AB'', {{literally|Nohab Aero engine factory}}), which had been acquired by Bofors in 1935. Bofors had in recent years been in development with the [[Swedish Air Force]] (SAF) to create aircraft weaponry and ordnance and wanted to create an aircraft manufacturing subortinate which could take a monopoly over the SAF's future aircraft orders, a premise supported by the SAF.<ref name="Svfpl Andersson">{{cite book |last1=Andersson |first1=Lennart |title=Svenska flygplan : Den svenska flygindustrins historia : history of the Swedish aviation industry |date=1990 |publisher=Allt om hobby |location=Stockholm |pages=102–121, 156–173 178–235}}</ref> At the time, however, there already was a competing company formed with this premise in 1931, by the name of [[AB Svenska Järnvägsverkstädernas Aeroplanavdelning|ASJA]] (''AB Svenska Järnvägsverkstädernas Aeroplanavdelning'', {{literally|The Swedish Railway workshops Aeroplane department}}), located in [[Linköping]], which was a successor to [[Svenska Aero]] (''SA'') under Sven Blomberg, head designer of the [[Svenska Aero Jaktfalken]] fighter plane. ASJA had solicit Blomberg from Svenska Aero in 1930 and later purchased the company in 1932 along with their portfolio of designs, quickly making them the leading aeroplane manufacturer in Sweden at the time.<ref name="Svfpl Andersson"/>

Bofors started negotiating with ASJA in 1936 to see if they could enter into a sort of stock sharing [[consortium]] lead under a [[parent company]]. Such a deal was struck in 1937, with support from the SAF, the parent company being named ''AB Förenade Flygverkstäder'' (''AFF''). To ease future competition, Bofors bought out small competitor [[Edmund Sparmann|E. Sparmanns aircraft workshop]], which at the time was developing a modern fighter for the SAF, under the name of {{Interlanguage link|Sparmann E4|sv}}.<ref name="Svfpl Andersson"/>

Despite the consortium, SAAB in Trollhättan (previously Nohab Flygmotorfabrik AB) still had to compete with ASJA over contracts and the cooperation never came to fruition. While SAAB in Trollhättan got a few contracts, such as license producing the [[Junkers Ju 86]] bomber for the Swedish Air Force (SAF designation ''B 3'') in 1938, ASJA won most of the contracts from the SAF, such as license production of the Hawker Hart (''B 4'') and [[Northrop Model 8]] (''B 5'').<ref name="Svfpl Andersson"/> After ASJA's design bureau produced the winning designs for what eventually became the [[Saab 17]] (ASJA L-10) and [[Saab 18]] (ASJA L-11), beating out AFF/SAAB's competing F.1 and G.1 designs, it was decided in March 1939 to scrap AFF and formally reform ASJA into the SAAB-[[Concern (business)|concern]], the Trollhättan factory (previously Nohab) becoming ''SAAB/T'' and the Linköping factory (previous ASJA) becoming ''SAAB/L'', the latter becoming [[headquarters]].<ref name="Svfpl Andersson"/>

[[File:SAAB Linköping, L-18B (Saab 18) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|left|[[SAAB 18]]B (internal name ''L-18B'') being produced at the Saab Linköping factory at the end of [[World War II]].]]
The basic initial development was the problems for the [[Swedish government]] to get quality [[military aircraft]] delivered at the beginning of the [[World War II|Second World War]]. The final trigger was the inability to get a large number of [[Seversky P-35]] delivered from the United States. From then on the Swedish government focused on establishing domestic production and development of military aircraft which Saab became involved in, a policy that has continued to this day. The first SAAB-developed aircraft was the [[SAAB 17]] light dive bomber (first flight: 1940-05-18), soon followed by the [[SAAB 18]] [[schnellbomber]] (first flight: 1942-06-19) and [[SAAB 21]] single-seat fighter (first flight: 1943-07-30), among other developments, the latter being the first aircraft to see service with a modern style [[ejection seat]], using gunpowder to eject instead of compressed air like the contemporary German counterparts.

[[File:SAAB Logotyp 1943.svg|thumb|SAAB's logotype from around 1943.]]
Originally manufacturing aircraft, the company sought ways in which to diversify its business. Before the Second World War, a majority of cars in Sweden were imported from the United States. The US car manufacturers were producing [[tank]]s during the war, and the US domestic market took all the US car production in the late 1940s. Hence there was a large supply shortage of private cars in Europe and Sweden, and buyers were facing waiting lists for years for new cars. In the late 1940s, Saab began manufacturing cars at its [[Saab Automobile]] division, based in Trollhättan. The first car was the [[Saab 92]]; full-scale production started 12 December 1949, based on the prototype [[Ursaab]].<ref>{{cite book |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pI_r3ULwTkMC&pg=PA118 |title = The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Extraordinary Automobiles |page = 118 |first = Giles |last = Chapman |publisher = Dorling Kindersley |date = May 2009 |access-date = 3 May 2012 |isbn = 9781405336956 |archive-date = 19 April 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230419082012/https://books.google.com/books?id=pI_r3ULwTkMC&pg=PA118 |url-status = live }}</ref> Around 1950 the style "Saab" started being used instead of the [[all caps]] "SAAB".<ref name="Gunston">{{cite book |last=Gunston |first=Bill |title=World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers, 2nd Edition |year=2005 |publisher=Sutton Publishing |location=Phoenix Mill, Gloucestershire, [[England|ENG]], UK |isbn=0-7509-3981-8 |page=164 }}</ref>

In the late 1950s Saab ventured into the computer market with [[Datasaab]].<ref name="autogenerated1"/> The company was a result partly of the need to make a computer that would be small enough to mount in an aeroplane as navigational equipment. During the 1960s several computers were developed and sold to European countries, for uses such as banking. The aircraft computer (CK 37) was used in 1971 in the [[Saab Viggen|Viggen]]. The company was sold in 1975 to [[UNIVAC|Sperry UNIVAC]], while Saab retained its flight computer development.

=== Saab AB ===
[[File:SAAB Logotyp 1965.svg|thumb|Saab's logotype from the late 1950s.]]
In May 1965, the company name was changed to Saab AB to reflect its broad range of activities.<ref name="Gunston"/>

In 1968 Saab AB merged with the Swedish lorry, bus and heavy-duty [[diesel engine]] manufacturer [[Scania-Vabis]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swedecar.com/saab_history.htm |title=History of Saab |publisher=Swedecar |date=1 September 1939 |access-date=11 February 2009 |archive-date=15 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615053650/http://www.swedecar.com/saab_history.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> and became [[Saab-Scania]] AB.

In 1990 [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] bought 51% of the car division [[Saab Automobile]], and acquired the rest a decade later.

In 1991 [[Investor AB]] completed a leveraged buyout of Saab-Scania AB. Investor AB acquired all the outstanding shares in Saab-Scania for approximately SEK 21 billion.<ref>{{Citation | contribution-url = http://www.investorab.com/about-investor/investor%27s-history/1984-1994/ | publisher = Investor AB | title = History | contribution = 1984–1994 | access-date = 14 January 2016 | archive-date = 4 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304195419/http://www.investorab.com/about-investor/investor%27s-history/1984-1994/ | url-status = live }}.</ref><ref>{{Citation | publisher = Funding universe | contribution-url = http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Saab-Automobile-AB-Company-History.html | contribution = Saab Automobile AB company | title = History | access-date = 21 April 2012 | archive-date = 4 March 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120304094834/http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Saab-Automobile-AB-Company-History.html | url-status = live }}.</ref><ref>{{Citation | contribution-url = http://www.alacrastore.com/deal-snapshot/Patricia_AB_launches_a_tender_offer_for_Saab_Scania_AB_from_Investor_AB-41963 | publisher = AlacraStore | title = Deal snapshot | contribution = Patricia AB launches a tender offer for Saab-Scania AB from Investor AB }}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref> Saab-Scania became a wholly owned subsidiary of Investor AB and the company was de-listed.<ref>{{Citation | contribution-url = http://www.scania.com/investor-relations/company-overview/financial-history/ | title = Company overview | publisher = Scania | contribution = Official financial history | access-date = 21 April 2012 | archive-date = 19 March 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150319191556/http://scania.com/investor-relations/company-overview/financial-history/ | url-status = dead }}.</ref>

In 1995 Saab-Scania was divided by Investor AB into two independent companies, de-merging into Scania AB and Saab AB. The intention by Investor AB was to broaden ownership in the two companies later.<ref>{{Citation | type = Investor report | url = http://ir.investorab.com/files/press/investor/investor-report-1999-03-31-en.pdf | publisher = Investor AB | title = Annual report | date = 31 March 1998 | access-date = 21 April 2012 | archive-date = 15 September 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190915204848/http://ir.investorab.com/files/press/investor/investor-report-1999-03-31-en.pdf | url-status = live }}.</ref> Following the sale of 50% of the car division Saab Automobile AB to General Motors, the main reason behind the merger with lorry manufacturer Scania-Vabis in 1968 had disappeared.

Also in 1995 Saab Military Aircraft and [[British Aerospace]] (now [[BAE Systems]]) formed the joint venture company Saab-BAe Gripen AB, to manufacture, market and support Gripen internationally. This co-operation was extended in 2001 with the formation of Gripen International for the same purpose.<ref>{{Citation | publisher = Swedecar | url = http://www.swedecar.com/saab_history.htm | title = History of Saab | access-date = 8 July 2008 | archive-date = 15 June 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180615053650/http://www.swedecar.com/saab_history.htm | url-status = dead }}.</ref> From 1998 until 2005, British Aerospace/BAE was the largest shareholder in Saab following its acquisition of a 35% stake from [[Investor AB]]. In January 2005, BAE Systems reduced its shareholding to 20%. Investor AB maintained a 20% share.

On 16 November 1999, Saab announced its intention is to purchase Celsius AB and the acquisition was concluded by early March 2000.<ref>{{Citation| publisher = Saab| url = http://www.saabgroup.com/en/About-Saab/Newsroom/Press-releases--News/2000---1/Saab-has-acquired-further-shares-in-Celsius/| title = Saab has acquired further shares in Celsius| url-status=dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150217120515/http://www.saabgroup.com/en/About-Saab/Newsroom/Press-releases--News/2000---1/Saab-has-acquired-further-shares-in-Celsius/| archive-date = 17 February 2015}}.</ref>

In September 2000 [[United Defense|United Defense Industries]] (UDI) purchased Bofors Weapon Systems from Saab (the [[autocannon]] and tube [[artillery]] interests), while Saab retained the [[missile]] interests.

In December 2005 Saab joined the [[Dassault nEUROn]] project as a major partner.

In October 2008 the company announced its intention to merge its operations with that of [[Simrad Optronics]]. The new unit will develop high-tech [[optronics]] products and will be headquartered in Norway, although other details of the new arrangement have not been finalized.<ref>{{Citation | journal = [[Aviation Week & Space Technology]] | volume = 169 | number = 17 | title = New Kid on the Block | page = 16}}.</ref>

In 2010 the company restructured from fifteen business units into five business areas; Aeronautics, Dynamics, Electronic Defence Systems, Security and Defence Solutions, and Support and Services. According to Saab the restructuring was undertaken to become more market and customer oriented.<ref name = "Saabgroup.com">{{cite web |url= http://www.saabgroup.com/en/about-saab/newsroom/press-releases--news/2009---9/saab-presents-new-operating-and-management-structure/ |title= Saab presents new operating and management structure |publisher= Saab |date= 9 September 2009 |access-date= 3 August 2010 |archive-date= 17 July 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110717064945/http://www.saabgroup.com/en/about-saab/newsroom/press-releases--news/2009---9/saab-presents-new-operating-and-management-structure/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

In March 2010, BAE Systems sold half of its 20% stake in the company to Investor AB, which then became the major shareholder.<ref>{{cite news |title=BAE Systems sells 10pc stake in Saab |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/defence/7378771/BAE-Systems-sells-10pc-stake-in-Saab.html |access-date=16 July 2012 |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=5 March 2010 |archive-date=15 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915204915/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/defence/7378771/BAE-Systems-sells-10pc-stake-in-Saab.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In June 2011, the British company sold its remaining stake bringing its 16-year involvement in Saab to an end.<ref>{{cite news|last=O'Doherty|first=John|title=BAE offloads Saab aerospace stake|url=http://www.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F6471d438-91e5-11e0-b8c1-00144feab49a.html|access-date=16 July 2012|newspaper=FT|date=8 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427221807/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6471d438-91e5-11e0-b8c1-00144feab49a.html|archive-date=27 April 2012}}</ref>

As of August 2020, Investor AB owns a 30.16% stake in the company (39.69% of the voting rights) and is the top owner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://saabgroup.com/investor-relations/the-share/ownership/|title=Ownership|website=Saab Corporate|language=en-US|access-date=16 August 2020|archive-date=29 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829211959/https://saabgroup.com/investor-relations/the-share/ownership/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2023, it was announced Saab had acquired the [[Bedford|Bedford, UK]]–based manufacturer of [[Artificial intelligence|AI]]-enabled autonomous swarm systems, Blue Bear Research Systems.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 August 2023 |title=Saab acquires UK-based BlueBear Systems Group |url=https://defence-industry.eu/saab-acquires-uk-based-bluebear-systems-group/ |access-date=31 August 2023 |language=en |archive-date=31 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831115327/https://defence-industry.eu/saab-acquires-uk-based-bluebear-systems-group/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In September 2023, it was announced Saab had acquired the [[San Francisco]]–headquartered [[artificial intelligence]] / [[machine learning]] development company CrowdAI.<ref name="Demarest 2023 u043">{{cite web | last=Demarest | first=Colin | title=Sweden's Saab snags Silicon Valley-based CrowdAI | website=C4ISRNet | date=7 September 2023 | url=https://www.c4isrnet.com/industry/2023/09/07/swedens-saab-snags-silicon-valley-based-crowdai/ | access-date=11 September 2023 | archive-date=8 September 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908211314/https://www.c4isrnet.com/industry/2023/09/07/swedens-saab-snags-silicon-valley-based-crowdai/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Joshi |first=Ameet V. |title=Essential Concepts in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning |date=2023 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12282-8_2 |work=Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence |pages=7–20 |access-date=11 September 2023 |place=Cham |publisher=Springer International Publishing |doi=10.1007/978-3-031-12282-8_2 |isbn=978-3-031-12281-1|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

=== Aircraft production ===
The main focus of aircraft production is [[fighter aircraft]]. Saab has been making aircraft since the 1930s, and the jet predecessors of the [[Saab JAS 39 Gripen|JAS 39 Gripen]] were the [[Saab 29 Tunnan|Tunnan]], the [[Saab 32 Lansen|Lansen]], the [[Saab 35 Draken|Draken]] and the [[Saab 37 Viggen|Viggen]]. The last civilian models made by Saab were the [[Saab 340]] and [[Saab 2000]]. Both were mid-range [[turboprop]]-powered airliners. The development and the manufacturing of these aircraft is undertaken in Linköping.

In May 2019, Saab announced plans to locate a new U.S. manufacturing operation in Discovery Park District Aerospace on the west side of the [[Purdue University]] campus. The facility will do the final assembly of the [[T-X program|T-X]] advanced jet trainer, which is a plane developed by [[Boeing]] and Saab for the United States Air Force.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wlfi.com/content/news/Saab-and-Purdue-announce-plans-to-open-site-near-University-509638591.html|title=Saab announces plans to open next-generation fighter jet plant near Purdue University|website=WLFI News|language=en|access-date=8 May 2019|archive-date=8 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508173347/https://www.wlfi.com/content/news/Saab-and-Purdue-announce-plans-to-open-site-near-University-509638591.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Organization ==
=== Aeronautics ===
[[File:Swedish JAS-39 Gripen landing.jpg|thumb|[[JAS 39 Gripen]]]]
[[File:AT4-johnson2004-02-03.jpg|thumb|Saab [[AT4]] portable [[anti-tank]] [[weapon]]]]
[[File:Saab340SwedishAirforce.JPG|thumb|right|Saab 340 with Erieye radar]]
Aeronautics offers airborne systems, related subsystems, Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and aerostructures. The business area Aeronautics is responsible for airframe structures for [[JAS 39 Gripen]], and whole sections for [[Airbus]], [[Boeing]] and [[NH90]]; & system development of the JAS 39 Gripen and the Skeldar VTOL UAV. Aeronautics is also partner in the European joint UAV-project [[Dassault nEUROn]], where Saab develop avionics and is responsible for the overall architecture and design. Marketing and support of the [[JAS 39 Gripen]] fighter jet is also included in the Aeronautics business area.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.saabgroup.com/en/About-Saab/Company-profile/Organisation/Aeronautics/ | title = The business area Aeronautics | publisher = Saab | date = 5 August 2010 | access-date = 5 August 2010 | archive-date = 25 July 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100725163255/http://www.saabgroup.com/en/About-Saab/Company-profile/Organisation/Aeronautics/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

===Dynamics===
Dynamics offers ground combat weapons, missile systems, torpedoes, sensor systems, unmanned underwater vehicles such as ''Sabertooth''<ref>{{cite news|title=Renewed quest to find Shackleton's lost Endurance ship|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57725493|publisher=BBC News|date=5 July 2021|author=Jonathan Amos|access-date=6 July 2021|archive-date=5 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705150728/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57725493|url-status=live}}</ref> and signature management systems, remotely operated vehicles for armed forces as well as civil security applications.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.saabgroup.com/en/About-Saab/Company-profile/Organisation/Dynamics/ |title= The business area Dynamics |publisher= Saab |date= 5 August 2010 |access-date= 5 August 2010 |archive-date= 11 February 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150211091725/http://www.saabgroup.com/en/About-Saab/Company-profile/Organisation/Dynamics/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

Short range weapons offered include the [[Carl Gustav recoilless rifle|Carl Gustaf]], [[AT4]]/AT4 CS, [[Strix mortar round|STRIX]] and [[NLAW]]. Missile systems offered are the [[RBS 70]], [[RBS 23]] and [[RBS 15]].

===Surveillance===
Surveillance offers airborne surveillance (including [[GlobalEye]], Saab 2000 [[Erieye radar|Erieye]]) AEW&C and fighter radar, ground-based and naval radar (including the [[Giraffe radar]] range), electronic warfare (including IDAS and ESTL) and combat systems and C4I.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://saabgroup.com/about-company/organization/business-areas |title=Business Areas |website=Saab Corporate |access-date=17 May 2016 |archive-date=17 May 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160517161354/http://saabgroup.com/about-company/organization/business-areas/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Industrial Products and Services===
Industrial Products and Services was established on 1 January 2015 and comprises the business units Combitech, Avionics Systems, Aerostructures, Traffic Management, Vricon as well as the development of product ideas that fall outside of Saab's core business.
 
The business units within Industrial Products and Services differ from Saab's other operations by their focus on business-to-business (B2B) customers or because they are not dependent on Saab's principal end-customers. Other business areas within Saab have a customer base largely consisting of public authorities. With different customer groups come different management strategies and priorities. Opportunities to strengthen these operations in the long term are greater in the new organisation. Industrial Products and Services will work with individual growth strategies for each business unit.

===Support and Services===
Support and Services offer maintenance, integrated support, field facilities, logistics and regional aircraft maintenance.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.saabgroup.com/en/About-Saab/Company-profile/Organisation/Support-and-services/ |title= The business area Support and Services |publisher= Saab |date= 5 August 2010 |access-date= 5 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100726065158/http://www.saabgroup.com/en/About-Saab/Company-profile/Organisation/Support-and-services/ |archive-date= 26 July 2010 }}</ref>

[[Saab Aircraft Leasing]] leases and resells Saab aircraft to airlines. It completed 30 transactions in 2010.<ref>{{cite web| work = Flight global | url = http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/02/23/353575/saab-aircraft-leasing-doubles-aircraft-transactions.html | access-date =27 February 2011|title=Saab Aircraft Leasing doubles aircraft transactions}}</ref>

===Saab Barracuda LLC===
The Saab Barracuda LLC facility in [[Lillington, North Carolina]], manufactures [[signature management]] products and provides customized services. Foremost among the [[camouflage]], concealment and deception products is the Ultra Lightweight Camouflage Net System (ULCANS) which provides [[Multi-spectral camouflage|multi-spectral]] protection against visual, near infrared, thermal infrared and broadband radar detection. ULCANS is fielded with the [[U.S. Army]] and other [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] organizations and is available in both woodland and desert versions.<ref>{{Citation | publisher = Saab | title = Saab Barracuda | contribution = Introduction | contribution-url = http://www2.saabgroup.com/us/AboutSaab/SaabBarracuda/introduction.htm | access-date = 29 December 2010 | archive-date = 8 January 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110108205804/http://www2.saabgroup.com/us/AboutSaab/SaabBarracuda/introduction.htm | url-status = live }}.</ref> Saab Barracuda is one of only two qualified suppliers of ULCANS in North America, and currently has a competed US$1.76 billion contract, along with GMA Cover Corp.<ref>{{Citation | newspaper = Defense industry daily | title = USA'S Ulcans contract up to 173 bn for multi-spectral camouflage nets | url = http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/usas-ulcans-contract-up-to-173b-for-multispectral-camouflage-nets-updated-02357/ | access-date = 28 December 2010 | archive-date = 22 October 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111022055953/http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/usas-ulcans-contract-up-to-173b-for-multispectral-camouflage-nets-updated-02357/ | url-status = live }}.</ref>

===Saab Kockums===
The [[Kockums]] shipyard is the base for the company's submarine division.<ref>{{Citation | title = Swedes launch desperate bid for Oz submarine project | first = John | last = Kerin | url = http://www.afr.com/p/national/swedes_launch_desperate_bid_for_Z1iKrIU5k2yqU838fBkvPP | quote = ’As of July 2, Saab completed a full takeover of Kockums [the designer of Australia’s existing Collins class submarines] which is now Saab Kockums and the Swedish Kingdom now controls the intellectual property for the Collins class submarines’ | newspaper = The Australian Financial Review | date = 11 September 2014 | access-date = 12 September 2014 | archive-date = 17 September 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140917095716/http://www.afr.com/p/national/swedes_launch_desperate_bid_for_Z1iKrIU5k2yqU838fBkvPP | url-status = live }}.</ref>

==Products==

===Military aircraft===
* [[Saab 17]] (bomber/[[dive-bomber]]: manufactured 1941–1944, 323 built)
* [[Saab 18]] (twin-engine bomber and reconnaissance aircraft: manufactured 1944–1948, 245 built)
* [[Saab 21]] (twin-boom push-prop fighter/attack aircraft: manufactured 1945–1949, 298 built)
* [[Saab 21R]] (jet-powered version of Saab 21: manufactured 1950–1952, 64 built)
* [[Saab 29 Tunnan]] (first purpose-built jet fighter: manufactured 1950–1956, 661 built)
* [[Saab 32 Lansen]] (attack aircraft: manufactured 1953–1959, 450 built)
* [[Saab 35 Draken]] (fighter: manufactured 1955–1974, 644 built)
* [[Saab 37 Viggen]] (fighter/attack/reconnaissance aircraft: manufactured 1970–1990, 329 built)
* [[Saab JAS 39 Gripen]] (multirole fighter: introduced 1996, 306 built as of 2020)
* [[Saab 105]] (twin engine trainer: manufactured 1963–1972, 192 built)
* [[Saab 340 AEW&C]] (airborne early warning and control aircraft: manufactured 1994–1999, 12 built)
* [[Boeing-Saab T-7 Red Hawk]] (advanced pilot training aircraft: developed by [[Boeing]] in partnership with Saab Group, 2 demonstrators built, 351 trainers to be purchased by the [[United States Air Force|USAF]])

===Cancelled military aircraft projects===
* [[Saab 36]] (bomber, 1950s, none built)
* [[Saab 38]] (attack/trainer, 1970s, none built)

===Civilian aircraft===
[[File:Saab Safir 91B.jpg|thumb|Saab Safir 91B trainer airplane shortly after takeoff from Hahnweide airfield]]
* [[Saab 90 Scandia]] (32 passenger short-/medium-haul aircraft: manufactured 1946–1954, 18 built)
* [[Saab 91 Safir]] (single engine trainer: manufactured 1946–1966, 323 built)
* [[Saab Safari|MFI-15 Safari/MFI-17 Supporter]] (single engine trainer: manufactured 1971 – late 1970s, ca 250 built)
* [[Saab 340]] (30–35 passenger short-haul aircraft: manufactured 1983–1999, 459 built)
* [[Saab 2000]] (50–58 passenger high-speed turboprop airliner: manufactured 1992–1999, 63 built)

=== Experimental aircraft ===
* [[Saab 210]] (experimental aircraft: manufactured 1952, 1 built)
* Saab/Linköping University [[Flygsystem 2020|Generic Future Fighter]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Erripis |first=Ioannis K |date=15 April 2013 |title=Saab's new stealth fighter program |url=http://robotpig.net/aerospace-news/saab-new-stealth-fighter-program-_1827 |publisher=Robot pig |newspaper=Aerospace |quote=Saab is investigating the design of the next generation fighter that will someday eventually replace the Gripen. […] a small research program that SAAB is conduction with the University of Linköping. […] It looks similar to the Gripen and the main difference is the V-tail |access-date=13 February 2014 |archive-date=25 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225052442/http://robotpig.net/aerospace-news/saab-new-stealth-fighter-program-_1827 | url-status = live }}.</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Glowacki |first=Bartosz |date=13 July 2010 |place=Farnborough |title=Saab plots bright future for Gripen programme |chapter-url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/farnborough-saab-plots-bright-future-for-gripen-programme-343778/ |publisher=Flight global (Flight international) |chapter=Sweden to advance Generic future fighter concept |quote=Sweden's decades-long history of innovation in the aerospace sector is also evidenced by its Generic Future Fighter (GFF) concept. Developed by the Fluid and Mechatronic Systems division at Linköping University's department of Management and Engineering, the design has a Gripen-like fuselage with canards and canted tails. |access-date=13 February 2014 |archive-date=15 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915204851/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/farnborough-saab-plots-bright-future-for-gripen-programme-343778/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | last1 = Nordin | first1 = Peter | last2 = Jouannet | first2 = Christopher | last3 = Krus | first3 = Petter | date = 30 August 2011 | title = Flumes Flies a Demonstrator of a Generic Future Fighter Aircraft | url = http://www.iei.liu.se/flumes/aircraft-design/gff?l=en | place = SE | publisher = LIU | access-date = 13 February 2014 | archive-date = 4 April 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150404122702/http://www.iei.liu.se/flumes/aircraft-design/gff?l=en | url-status = dead }}</ref>

===Unmanned aerial vehicles===
* [[Saab Skeldar]]
* [[Swiss UAV]]

===Missiles===
* [[RBS 56B BILL 2]]
* [[KEPD 350]]
* [[NLAW]] (shoulder-launched anti-tank)
* [[RB 04]] (anti-ship missile)
* [[Rb 05]] (air-to-surface missile)
* [[RBS 23]]
* [[RBS-15]] (surface-to-surface and air-to-surface anti-ship missile)
* [[RBS-70]]
* [[Meteor (missile)|Meteor BVRAAM]]
* [[Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb]]

===Naval Combat Management Systems===
* [[9LV|9LV Naval Combat Management System]]

===Naval Integrated Communication Systems===
* [[TactiCall ICS|TactiCall Integrated Communication System]]

===Naval Radar Systems===
* [[Sea Giraffe 180 (SG180) medium air/surface RADAR]]

===Surface Radar Systems===

* [[Giraffe radar#Giraffe 1X|Giraffe 1X]]
* [[Giraffe radar#Giraffe 4A|Giraffe 4A]]
* [[ARTHUR]] (counter-battery radar)

===Boats===
* [[Saalina]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Männen bakom B-17. SAAB - Nordiska museet - NMAx.0001772.tif|Production of [[Saab 17]]
File:SAAB B 18B, 01.jpg|Saab 18B (B 18B)
File:Lansen 2.JPG|Saab 32 Lansen (J 32B)
File:Saab 91C 01.jpg|Saab 91C (Sk 50C)
File:J 29F.jpg|Saab 29 Tunnan (J 29F)
File:Viggen.JPG|Saab 37 Viggen (SF 37)
File:JAS Gripen.jpg|Saab Gripen (JAS 39)
File:FAA Saab340.jpg|Saab 340B
File:Saab340AEW&C.jpg|Saab 340 with [[Erieye radar]]
File:Golden Air SE-LTX 20071020.JPG|[[Saab 2000]]
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Datasaab]]
*[[List of Swedish aircraft]]
*[[Saab Automobile]]
*[[Saab Training and Simulation]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Bibliography==
*{{cite book |last= Gunston |first= Bill | title = World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers | edition = 2nd |year= 2005 | publisher = Sutton Publishing |location= Phoenix Mill, Gloucestershire, [[England|ENG]], UK |isbn= 0-7509-3981-8}}
*{{Citation | last1 = MacPhaily | first1 = Doug | last2 = Östberg | first2 = Mikael | url = http://misc.kitreview.com/bookreviews/saabsk14bookreviewro_1.htm | title = Triple Crown BT-9: The ASJA/Saab Sk 14, A Pictorial Essay | language = en, sv | place = San Josef, BC/Dundee, [[Ontario|On]] | publisher = DCF Flying Books | year = 2003}}.

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