News : Gunilla Fransson

Saab receives order for coastal surveillance system in India

11/24/2010 9:45 AM EST - Saab

Defence and security company Saab has received an order from the Indian Maritime Authority, DGLL (Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships) for supply of a system for coastal surveillance for the entire Indian coast. The order is worth approximately 116 MSEK.
The system that DGLL ordered comprises sensors to be installed along the Indian coast and equipment for regional and national control centers....

Saab receives British Army training order

10/18/2010 3:30 AM EST - Saab

Defence and security company Saab has received an order from the UK MoD to provide Counter-IED (Counter-Improvised Explosive Device*) training for the British Army in the UK and abroad. The duration of the contract is 1 year and the order sum amounts to approximately MSEK 120 (app. £ 11 million).
“Saab has developed a new modular training system to meet the evolving need to train troops in counter-IED. The...

Judgement in Saab's favour in DACCIS trial

9/10/2010 5:45 AM EST - Saab

The Maritime and Commercial Court in Copenhagen has in a judgement today dismissed the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization’s (DALO) claim against the defence and security company Saab. According to the judgement, DALO has been ordered to pay MDKK 32 (about MSEK 40) plus interest in damages to Saab as well as to reimburse Saab's court costs by approx. MDKK 5 (about MSEK 6). The background for the...

Saab increases security in Prague's subway

8/26/2010 5:00 AM EST - Saab

Defence and security company Saab has received an order from Prague Transport Company (PTC) for upgrading the security system in Prague's subway. The order between Saab and its consortium partner AZD Praha and PTC amounts to MCZK 250 (approximately MSEK 96).
"With an increasingly complex and vulnerable transport environment, there is a growing need for solutions that can offer a higher level of safety and...

Saab upgrades Finnish Navy vessels

6/30/2010 10:15 AM EST - Saab

The defence and security company Saab is upgrading the combat management and firecontrol systems for the Finnish Navy's Rauma class missile boats. The contract also includes an industrial cooperation agreement. The order is valued at approximately MSEK 220.
"With this order, we are extending our already firm and long partnership with the Finnish Navy, while also broadening and deepening our experience of...

Saab designs combat management system for next-generation submarines

6/28/2010 8:15 AM EST - Saab

Defence and security company Saab has received an order from Kockums AB for overall design of the combat management system as well as solutions for integrating the system aboard next-generation submarines. The order is worth approximately MSEK 100.
The order follows the contract recently signed between Kockums and the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for the overall design of Sweden's...

Saab's Lena Olving is Swedish business's most powerful woman

3/8/2010 12:45 PM EST - Saab

Each year, the Swedish weekly magazine Veckans Affärer names the 125 most powerful women in Swedish business. At the top of this year's list is Lena Olving, chief operating officer for the defence and security company Saab.
"I'm both proud and honoured by the distinction," says Lena Olving, chief operating officer at Saab, and the year's most powerful woman in Swedish business. Veckans Affärer's list draws...