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Saab AB (originally Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget ⓘ, lit. 'The Swedish Aeroplane Corporation ', acronym SAAB ), with subsidiaries collectively known as the Saab Group ( Swedish: Saabgruppen ), is a Swedish aerospace and defense company primarily operating from Sweden. The company is headquartered in Stockholm, but its development and ...
The Saab JAS 39 Gripen ( IPA: [ˈɡrǐːpɛn] pronunciation ⓘ; English: The Griffin) [Nb 1] [3] is a light single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft manufactured by the Swedish aerospace and defence company Saab AB. The Gripen has a delta wing and canard configuration with relaxed stability design and fly-by-wire flight controls.
Saab Training and Simulation is a company with its headquarters in Huskvarna, Sweden . It is a subsidiary of Saab AB that produces military and security training systems. For the army market they provide target equipment for military training, mobile data communication systems, laser simulator systems and combat training systems.
The Boeing–Saab T-7 Red Hawk, [2] initially known as the Boeing T-X (later Boeing–Saab T-X ), [3] [4] is an American–Swedish subsonic advanced jet trainer produced by Boeing with Saab. In September 2018, the United States Air Force (USAF) selected it for the T-X program to replace the Northrop T-38 Talon as the service's advanced jet trainer.
Name Viggen is the definite form of the Swedish word vigg, which has two meanings. According to Saab, the aircraft's name alluded to both. The first meaning refers to the Swedish name for the tufted duck, a small diving duck common in Sweden. In this sense, it serves as a reference to the aircraft's canard configuration, as "canard" is French for duck. Vigg is also åskvigg, or "thunderbolt ...
Primary user. Swedish Air Force. Produced. 1946–1966. Number built. 323. The Saab 91 Safir (Swedish for sapphire) is a three (91A, B, B-2) or four (91C, D) seater, single engine trainer aircraft. The Safir was built by Saab AB in Linköping, Sweden (203 aircraft) and by De Schelde in Dordrecht, Netherlands (120 aircraft).
Foreign Military Sales ( FMS) is a security assistance program of the United States government to facilitate the purchase of U.S. arms, defense equipment, design and construction services, and military training to foreign governments. [1] FMS is a government-to-government program where the United States Department of Defense through the Defense ...
1948–1956. Number built. 661. The Saab 29 Tunnan ( The Barrel ), colloquially also Flygande Tunnan ( The Flying Barrel ), [Nb 1] [1] [2] is an early jet-powered fighter aircraft designed and produced by the Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab. It was the second turbojet -powered combat aircraft to be developed in Sweden, the first being the ...