Baltic Sea naval modernisation is building a layered regional architecture. Crewed vessels are being renewed for patrol, mine warfare, and air defence. Coastal and land-based missile forces are expanding. Submarines remain central to intelligence and deterrence. Unmanned systems are emerging
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Sweden’s Saab AB, Norway’s Kongsberg Gruppen and Finland’s Patria each delivered outstanding results in 2025, reflecting a historic surge in European defence demand. All three reported double-digit revenue growth and record order backlogs. Together, they captured numerous major contracts and
The High North is now central to deterrence and surveillance. Russia has shifted focus northwards since Finland and Sweden joined NATO, extending NATO’s border with Russia by 1,340 km. Climate change is opening Arctic sea routes, prompting rivals to deploy
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The Baltic Sea has quietly become a submarine battleground. Sweden’s recent entry into NATO and Poland’s Orka programme are shaking up undersea balances. In November 2025, Warsaw chose Sweden’s Saab to supply three A26 Blekinge-class submarines, a deal worth about
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The transformation of Valmet Automotive’s Uusikaupunki plant from a Saab car line to a future armoured-vehicle factory marks a new chapter in Finland’s industrial evolution: farewell, cars — welcome, armour. When Patria Land Oy and Valmet Automotive Oyj announced their
Sweden has taken a historic step towards becoming a major arms supplier to Ukraine, signing a letter of intent (LOI) covering the export of up to 150 Saab JAS-39 Gripen E fighters. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson
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The Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI) exhibition, held at London’s ExCeL centre on 9–12 September 2025, was one of the largest in the show’s history, drawing more than 1,600 exhibitors and 45,000 attendees. The event ran against a turbulent geopolitical backdrop
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Drones have gone from gimmick to game-changer. In Ukraine, swarms of cheap UAVs now stalk everything from tanks to individual soldiers. Saab’s answer is a stripped-down drone killer designed for the battlefield’s new reality. The race is on: as RUSI
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Saab has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace to explore the integration of the Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) into the Chunmoo artillery rocket system. Görgen Johansson, head of Saab’s Dynamics business unit, said the
Thailand is modernising its air defences by selecting the Saab Gripen E/F fighter jet as the next cornerstone of the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF). Thailand’s renewed interest in the Gripen signals a desire for strategic flexibility in a region
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